The I Ching Speaks!



     21.  Shih Ho / Biting Through

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

          Biting Through has success.
          It is favorable to let justice be administered.

     The Image

          Thunder and lightning:
          The image of Biting Through.
          Thus the kings of former times made firm the laws
          Through clearly defined penalties.

     The Lines

          Nine at the top means:
          His neck is fastened in the wooden cangue,
          So that his ears disappear.
          Misfortune.


     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.