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On May 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM
how best to live?
and received a response of:
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
A young bull's headboard.
Great fortune.
14 Great Holdings
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great hold_ings:
supreme
every_where.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire in heaven:
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.