The I Ching Speaks!

     11.  T'ai / Peace

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          ---- ----     above     K'un   The Receptive, Earth
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          ----------     below     Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
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     The Judgement

          Peace. The small departs,
          The great approaches.
          Good fortune. Success.

     The Image

          Heaven and earth unite: the image of Peace.
          Thus the ruler
          Divides and completes the course of heaven and earth;
          He furthers and regulates the gifts of heaven and earth,
          And so aids the people.

     The Lines

          Nine at the beginning means:
          When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it.
          Each according to his kind.
          Undertakings bring good fortune.

          Nine in the third place means:
          No plain not followed by a slope.
          No going not followed by a return.
          He who remains persevering in danger
          Is without blame.
          Do not complain about this truth;
          Enjoy the good fortune you still possess.

          Six at the top means:
          The wall falls back into the moat.
          Use no army now.
          Make your commands known within your own town.
          Perseverance brings humiliation.


     4.   M^eng / Youthful Folly

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          ---- ----     above     K^en    Keeping Still, Mountain
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          ----------     below     K'an   The Abysmal, Water
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     The Judgement

          Youthful Folly has success.
          It is not I who seek the young fool;
          The young fool seeks me.
          At the first oracle I inform him.
          If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.
          If he importunes, I give him no information.
          Perseverance furthers.

     The Image

          A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:
          The image of Youth.
          Thus the superior man fosters his character
          By thoroughness in all that he does.