The I Ching Speaks!

     34.  Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great

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          ---- ----     above     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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          ----------     below     Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
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     The Judgement

          The Power of the Great. Perseverance furthers.

     The Image

          Thunder in heaven above:
          The image of the Power of the Great.
          Thus the superior man does not tread upon paths
          That do not accord with established order.

     The Lines

          Nine in the second place means:
          Perseverance brings good fortune.

          Nine in the third place means:
          The inferior man works through power.
          The superior man does not act thus.
          To continue is dangerous.
          A goat butts against a hedge
          And gets its horns entangled.


     51.  Ch^en / The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)

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          ---- ----     above     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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          ---- ----     below     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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     The Judgement

          Shock brings success.
          Shock comes--oh, oh!
          Laughing words--ha, ha!
          The shock terrifies for a hundred miles,
          And he does not let fall the sacrificial spoon and chalice.

     The Image

          Thunder repeated: the image of Shock.
          Thus in fear and trembling
          The superior man sets his life in order
          And examines himself.