Read a record of the questions asked of I Ching, read the response, and read the comments of others
On December 4, 2010 at 1:40 PM
why has he been sorrowful?
and received a response of:
56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
The fifth line:
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
13 Kindred
The Statement of the second hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
