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- "Hsiao Khu indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress"
- "and success. (We see) dense clouds, but no rain coming from our "
- "borders in the west. "
- " "
- "1. The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing"
- "his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good "
- "fortune. "
- " "
- "2. The second line, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction "
- "(of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be "
- "good fortune. "
- " "
- "3. The third line, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the "
- "strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife "
- "looking on each other with averted eyes. "
- " "
- "4. The fourth line, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity."
- "The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) "
- "apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake. "
- " "
- "5. The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject posessed of sincerity,"
- "and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs "
- "his neighbours (in the same cause with himself). "
- " "
- "6. The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the"
- "(onward progress) is stayed;-(so) must we value the full accumulation "
- "of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife "
- "(exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a "
- "position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the"
- "superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there "
- "will be evil. "
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- " Wind, which itself has no substance, can bring together clouds in"
- " the sky but may move apart again. A good person, in difficult"
- " times, may likewise only be able to achieve small things."
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