The I Ching Speaks!

     55.  F^eng / Abundance [Fullness]

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          ---- ----     above     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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          ---- ----     below     Li     The Clinging, Flame
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     The Judgement

          Abundance has success.
          The king attains abundance.
          Be not sad.
          Be like the sun at midday.

     The Image

          Both thunder and lightning come:
          The image of Abundance.
          Thus the superior man decides lawsuits
          And carries out punishments.

     The Lines

          Six in the second place means:
          The curtain is of such fullness
          That the polestars can be seen at noon.
          Through going one meets with mistrust and hate.
          If one rouses him through truth,
          Good fortune comes.

     ()   Six in the fifth place means:
          Lines are coming,
          Blessing and fame draw near.
          Good fortune.


     43.  Kuai / Break-through (Resoluteness)

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          ----------     above     Tui    The Joyous, Lake
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          ----------     below     Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
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     The Judgement

          Break-through. One must resolutely make the matter known
          At the court of the king.
          It must be announced truthfully. Danger.
          It is necessary to notify one's own city.
          It does not further to resort to arms.
          It furthers one to undertake something.

     The Image

          The lake has risen up to heaven:
          The image of Break-through.
          Thus the superior man
          Dispenses riches downward
          And refrains from resting on his virtue.