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- "Mang (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will "
- "be progress and success. I do not (go and) seek the youthful and "
- " inexperienced but he comes and seeks me. When he shows (the "
- "sincerity that marks) the first recourse to divination, I instruct "
- "him. If he apply a second and third time, that is troublesome. "
- "There will be advantage in being firm and correct. "
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- "1. The first line, divided, (has respect to) the dispelling of "
- "ignorance. It will be advantageous to use punishment (for the "
- "purpose), and to remove the shackles (from the mind). But going "
- "on in that way (of punishment) will give occasion for regret."
- " "
- "2. The second line, undivided, (shows its subject) exercising "
- "forbearance with the ignorant, in which there will be good fortune; "
- "and admitting (even) the goodness of women, which will also be "
- "fortunate. (He may be described also as) a son able to (sustain "
- "the burden of) his family."
- " "
- "3. The third line, divided,(seems to say) that one should not marry "
- "a woman whose emblem it might be, for that, when she sees a man of "
- "wealth, she will not keep her person from him, and in no wise will "
- "advantage come from her."
- " "
- "4. The fourth line, divided, (shows its subject as if) bound in "
- "chains of ignorance. There will be occasion for regret."
- " "
- "5. The fifth line, divided, shows its subject as a simple lad "
- "without experience. There will be good fortune. "
- " "
- "6. In the topmost line, undivided, we see one smiting the ignorant"
- "(youth). But no advantage will come from doing him an injury. "
- "Advantage would come from warding off injury from him."
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- " The water from a spring flows on steadily, filling up all depressions"
- " but never stagnating. The wise person is throrough in all he does,"
- " no points are missed."
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