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On July 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM
When will he start working?
and received a response of:
17 Following
The Statement of the first hexagram
Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
The changing lines
The first line:
The standards of excellence are altered.
Pure fortune. Go out of the gate
to meet others and there will be merit.
The standards of excellence are altered.
Pure fortune. Go out of the gate
to meet others and there will be merit.
The third line:
Binding to the man
loses the child. Follow
and seeking will bring achievement.
Gain by dwelling stoutly.
Binding to the man
loses the child. Follow
and seeking will bring achievement.
Gain by dwelling stoutly.
The fourth line:
Follow and there will be capture-but this is a sign
of misfortune. Put your confidence in the Way
and you will understand.
Then, how can there be fault?
Follow and there will be capture-but this is a sign
of misfortune. Put your confidence in the Way
and you will understand.
Then, how can there be fault?
The sixth line:
Adhering and binding
to make following hold fast.
The king makes offering
on West Mountain.
Adhering and binding
to make following hold fast.
The king makes offering
on West Mountain.
53 Gradually
The Statement of the second hexagram
A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.
Gainful purity.
The Image of the first 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.
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The Image of the second hexagram
Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
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