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On April 7, 2011 at 1:20 PM
What do I need to do for myself at this time?
and received a response of:
12 Clogging
The Statement of the first hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The changing lines
The first line:
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
The third line:
Wrapped in shame.
Wrapped in shame.
The sixth line:
Clogging overturned.
First there was clogging.
Later all will be glad.
Clogging overturned.
First there was clogging.
Later all will be glad.
49 Reform
The Statement of the second hexagram
Reform: on one's own day,
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire in the middle of the
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
