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On June 3, 2009 at 12:06 PM
what is happiness?
and received a response of:
25 Innocence
The Statement of the first hexagram
Innocence: from the first, all must be
pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Those without such truth suffer calamity
and do not gain no matter where they go.
pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Those without such truth suffer calamity
and do not gain no matter where they go.
The changing lines
The third line:
Unexpected trouble:
a cow might be tethered by someone else.
The traveler gains, the townsman loses.
Unexpected trouble:
a cow might be tethered by someone else.
The traveler gains, the townsman loses.
13 Kindred
The Statement of the second hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder moves
under heaven: all the world
is innocent. The ancient
kings paid close attention
to the time
in nourishing
the myriad things.
under heaven: all the world
is innocent. The ancient
kings paid close attention
to the time
in nourishing
the myriad things.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
