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- "Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which "
- "it denotes), in small matters there will (still) be good success. "
- " "
- "1. The first line, undivided, shows that (to its subject) occasion "
- "for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him "
- "not seek for them;-they will return of themselves. Should he meet "
- "with bad men, he will not err (in communicating with them). "
- " "
- "2. The second line, undivided, shows its subject happening to meet "
- "with his lord in a bye-passage. There will be no error. "
- " "
- "3. In the third line, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged "
- "back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself "
- "subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. "
- "There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end. "
- " "
- "4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject solitary admidst the "
- "(prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented "
- "by the first line), and they blend their sincere desires together. "
- "The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake. "
- " "
- "5. The fifth line, divided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for "
- "repentance will disappear. With his relative (and minister he unites "
- "closely and readily) as if he were biting through a piece of skin. "
- "When he goes forward (with this help), what error can there be ? "
- " "
- "6. The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the "
- "(prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems "
- "to ) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there "
- "is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, "
- "and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an "
- "assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall "
- "meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune. "
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- " Although a fire may burn on the waters of a lake the two elements"
- " never mix together. A good person among the bad still retains his"
- " integrity. Beauty is unaltered by the presence of ugliness, opposites "
- " are not lost by co-existence."
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