The I Ching Speaks!



     33.  Tun / Retreat

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          ----------     above     Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
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          ---- ----     below     K^en    Keeping Still, Mountain
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     The Judgement

          Retreat. Success.
          In what is small, perseverance furthers.

     The Image

          Mountain under heaven: the image of Retreat.
          Thus the superior man keeps the inferior man at a distance,
          Not angrily but with reserve.

     The Lines

     []   Six in the second place means:
          He holds him fast with yellow oxhide.
          No one can tear him loose.


     44.  Kou / Coming to Meet

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          ----------     above     Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
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          ----------     below     Sun    The Gentle, Wind
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     The Judgement

          Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful.
          One should not marry such a maiden.

     The Image

          Under heaven, wind:
          The image of Coming to Meet.
          Thus does the prince act when disseminating his commands
          And proclaiming them to the four quarters of heaven.