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On June 5, 2009 at 3:28 PM
How can I be of the best help to my older brother soon to be 80 years old?
and received a response of:
13 Kindred
The Statement of the first 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 changing lines
The third line:
Armed and lying in ambush
under the thicket. Looming above
is their high mound.
For three years, there is no rising.
Armed and lying in ambush
under the thicket. Looming above
is their high mound.
For three years, there is no rising.
The fifth line:
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
21 Biting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Biting. Penetrate.
Gain by prosecuting.
Gain by prosecuting.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
