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    On July 19, 2024 at 10:11 PM 
  
  
    
Better way of functioning?
  
  
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    39 Hindered
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Gain in the west and south. 
No gain in the east and north. 
Gain by seeing the great person. 
Pure fortune.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The first line:
    Going: hindered. 
Approaching: honor.  
  
    The fourth line:
    Going: hindered. 
Coming: joining.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    49 Reform
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Reform: on one's own day, 
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure. 
Regrets vanish.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Water on top of the 
mountain: hindered. 
The noble one 
turns inward 
to cultivate virtue.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Fire in the middle of the 
lake: reform. The noble one 
orders the calendar 
by the seasons.