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On March 28, 2010 at 8:54 AM
why has he added those songs?
and received a response of:
24 Returning
The Statement of the first hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
Returning alone
in the middle of the road.
The fifth line:
Honest returning:
no fault.
17 Following
The Statement of the second hexagram
Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder over the middle
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.