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32 Constancy
The Statement of the first hexagram
Constancy is to continue
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Dredging for constancy.
Pure misfortune. No place is gainful.
Dredging for constancy.
Pure misfortune. No place is gainful.
The second line:
Regrets vanish.
Regrets vanish.
The third line:
Inconstant in conduct:
one may be disgraced.
Persist and there will be remorse.
Inconstant in conduct:
one may be disgraced.
Persist and there will be remorse.
The fourth line:
No game in the field.
No game in the field.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and wind:
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
