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On August 20, 2022 at 1:16 PM
What will happen, if I spend the rest of my life alone?
and received a response of:
64 Not Yet Across
The Statement of the first hexagram
Not yet across. Continue.
The young fox, nearly across,
soaks its tail.
No place is gainful.
The young fox, nearly across,
soaks its tail.
No place is gainful.
The changing lines
The third line:
Not yet across. Attacking: misfortune.
Gain by crossing the great river.
Not yet across. Attacking: misfortune.
Gain by crossing the great river.
The fifth line:
The prince's brilliance has sincerity.
Fortune.
The prince's brilliance has sincerity.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
There is confidence in drinking wine.
No fault. Flooding one's head.
Have confidence in a vow.
There is confidence in drinking wine.
No fault. Flooding one's head.
Have confidence in a vow.
28 Great Excess
The Statement of the second hexagram
The ridgepole sags.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on top of water:
not yet across. The wise
one distinguishes things
carefully, and puts them
in their places.
not yet across. The wise
one distinguishes things
carefully, and puts them
in their places.
The Image of the second hexagram
The lake overwhelms
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
