The I Ching Speaks!

     54.  Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden

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          ---- ----     above     Ch^en   The Arousing, Thunder
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          ----------     below     Tui    The Joyous, Lake
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     The Judgement

          The Marrying Maiden.
          Undertakings bring misfortune.
          Nothing that would further.

     The Image

          Thunder over the lake:
          The image of the Marrying Maiden.
          Thus the superior man
          Understands the transitory
          In the light of the eternity of the end.

     The Lines

     []   Six in the third place means:
          The marrying maiden as a slave.
          She marries as a concubine.

     ()   Six in the fifth place means:
          The sovereign I gave his daughter in marriage.
          The embroidered garments of the princess
          Were not as gorgeous
          As those of the servingmaid.
          The moon that is nearly full
          Brings 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.