The I Ching Speaks!

     62.  Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small

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          ---- ----     above     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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          ---- ----     below     K^en    Keeping Still, Mountain
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     The Judgement

          Preponderance of the Small. Success.
          Perseverance furthers.
          Small things may be done; great things should not be done.
          The flying bird brings the message:
          It is not well to strive upward,
          It is well to remain below.
          Great good fortune.

     The Image

          Thunder on the mountain:
          The image of Preponderance of the Small.
          Thus in his conduct the superior man gives preponderance to reverence.
          In bereavement he gives preponderance to grief.
          In his expenditures he gives preponderance to thrift.

     The Lines

          Six at the beginning means:
          The bird meets with misfortune through flying.

     ()   Six in the fifth place means:
          Dense clouds,
          No rain from our western territory.
          The prince shoots and hits him who is in the cave.


     49.  Ko / Revolution (Molting)

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          ----------     above     Tui    The Joyous, Lake
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          ---- ----     below     Li     The Clinging, Flame
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     The Judgement

          Revolution. On your own day
          You are believed.
          Supreme success,
          Furthering through perseverance.
          Remorse disappears.

     The Image

          Fire in the lake: the image of Revolution.
          Thus the superior man
          Sets the calendar in order
          And makes the seasons clear.