The I Ching Speaks!

     36.  Ming I / Darkening of the Light

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          ---- ----     above     K'un   The Receptive, Earth
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          ---- ----     below     Li     The Clinging, Flame
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     The Judgement

          Darkening of the Light. In adversity
          It furthers one to be persevering.

     The Image

          The light has sunk into the earth:
          The image of Darkening of the Light.
          Thus does the superior man live with the great mass:
          He veils his light, yet still shines.

     The Lines

          Nine at the beginning means:
          Darkening of the light during flight.
          He lowers his wings.
          The superior man does not eat for three days
          On his wanderings.
          But he has somewhere to go.
          The host has occasion to gossip about him.


     15.  Ch'ien / Modesty

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          ---- ----     above     K'un   The Receptive, Earth
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          ---- ----     below     K^en    Keeping Still, Mountain
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     The Judgement

          Modesty creates success.
          The superior man carries things through.

     The Image

          Within the earth, a mountain:
          The image of Modesty.
          Thus the superior man reduces that which is too much,
          And augments that which is too little.
          He weighs things and makes them equal.