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On March 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM

Did he leave because he felt unhappy with us, constrained, misunderstood, or for some other underlying reason? Is the reason related to us, our parents, or completely independent?

and received a response of:

41 Decrease

The Statement of the first hexagram

Decrease. Have confidence.

Great fortune. No fault

if one can be upright.

Gain by having a place to go.

How should one act?

Two square bamboo baskets

can be used in offering.

The changing lines

The second line:
Gain is in purity, misfortune is in going.

No decrease, but gain there.

The third line:
A group of three travelers

is decreased by one person.

One person travels and gets a friend.

The fifth line:
Someone gains ten groups of turtles

no one can defy. Great fortune.

The sixth line:
No decrease, but gain there. No fault.

Pure fortune. Gain by having a place to go.

Get servants, but not a house.

63 Already Across

The Statement of the second hexagram

Already across. Continue.

Small gain: be steadfast.

In the beginning, fortune.

At the end, disorder.

The Image of the first hexagram

Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.

The Image of the second hexagram

Water on top of fire:
already across. The wise
one prepares for calamity
by forethought.