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On January 29, 2011 at 2:16 PM
now that they've approached me, what should i do about it?
and received a response of:
18 Poison
The Statement of the first hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The changing lines
The first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
The fourth line:
Ample is father's poison.
Going forward, one will see deprivation.
Ample is father's poison.
Going forward, one will see deprivation.
The sixth line:
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
