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On December 27, 2010 at 5:20 PM 

what was the reason for official?

and received a response of:
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51 Thunder

The Statement of the first hexagram

Thunder everywhere.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.

The changing lines

The third line:
Thunder: awake, awake!
Shaking without injury.
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55 Plentiful

The Statement of the second hexagram

Plentiful. Progress.

The great king arrives. Do not grieve.

All is right as the midday sun.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Continuous thunder
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.