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On August 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM
how do they feel about my not being part of things?
and received a response of:
32 Constancy
The Statement of the first hexagram
Constancy is to continue
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Dredging for constancy.
Pure misfortune. No place is gainful.
Dredging for constancy.
Pure misfortune. No place is gainful.
The second line:
Regrets vanish.
Regrets vanish.
The third line:
Inconstant in conduct:
one may be disgraced.
Persist and there will be remorse.
Inconstant in conduct:
one may be disgraced.
Persist and there will be remorse.
The fifth line:
Constant in virtue.
Like a woman: fortune.
Like a man: misfortune.
Constant in virtue.
Like a woman: fortune.
Like a man: misfortune.
17 Following
The Statement of the second hexagram
Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and wind:
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
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.
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.
