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- "Hsiao Kwo indicates that (in the circumstances which it implies) there"
- "will be progress and attainment. But it will be advantageous to be "
- "firm and correct. (What the name denotes) may be done in small "
- "affairs, but not in great affairs. (It is like) the notes that come "
- "down from a bird on the wing;-to descend is better than to ascend. "
- "There will (in this way) be good fortune. "
- " "
- "1. The first line, divided, suggests (the idea of) a bird flying, "
- "(and ascending) till the issue is evil. "
- " "
- "2. The second line, divided, shows its subject passing by his grand- "
- "father, and meeting with his grandmother; not attempting anything "
- "against his ruler, but meeting him as his minister. There will be no "
- "error. "
- " "
- "3. The third line, undivided, shows its subject taking no extra- "
- "ordinary precautions against danger; and some in consequence finding "
- "opportunity to assail and injure him. There will be evil. "
- " "
- "4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject falling into no "
- "error, but meeting (the exigency of his situation), without exceeding "
- "(in his natural course). If he go forward, there will be peril, and "
- "he must be cautious. There is no occasion to be using firmness "
- "perpetually. "
- " "
- "5. The fifth line, divided, (suggests the idea) of dense clouds, but "
- "no rain, coming from our borders in the west. It also (shows) the "
- "prince shooting his arrow, and taking the bird in a cave. "
- " "
- "6. The sixth line, divided, shows its subject not meeting (the "
- "exigency of his situation), and exceeding (his proper course). (It "
- "suggests the idea of) a bird flying far aloft. There will be evil. "
- "The case is what is called one of calamity and self-produced injury. "
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- " The sound of thunder resounds more in the mountains than it does in"
- " the open. The worthy person is, likewise, apart from ordinary people,"
- " who may think his attention to detail unnecessary. Yet the wise person"
- " is quiet and humble in his thoroughness, shunning the ostentatious"
- " acts of the masses."
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