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On November 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Don Killuminati asked:
Zhouyi, this is Don Killuminati and my question to you, is: "Isn't it so, that higher education whether in the university or auto-dicdactically, must be pursued relentlessly and intensely till' ones dying day and beyond?" What do you think of this matter, Zhouyi? Sincerely asking, Don K.?
and received a response of:
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the first hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Walk cautiously
with correct reverence.
No fault.
Walk cautiously
with correct reverence.
No fault.
The second line:
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
The fifth line:
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
The sixth line:
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
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
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
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.
