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On June 6, 2010 at 5:39 AM
madmur1 asked:
wciei i abandon my efforts now?
and received a response of:
55 Plentiful
The Statement of the first hexagram
Plentiful. Progress.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The changing lines
The first line:
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
The third line:
Plentiful flow.
Seeing darkness at noon.
Breaking one's right forearm. No fault.
Plentiful flow.
Seeing darkness at noon.
Breaking one's right forearm. No fault.
16 Delight
The Statement of the second hexagram
What delight!
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder explodes,
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
