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Hexagram 21
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Biting Through
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Expression
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Shì Kè indicates successful progress (in the condition of things which it supposes). It will be advantageous to use legal constraints.
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Judgement
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Biting Through has success. It is favorable to let justice be administered.
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Image
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Thunder and lightning: The image of Biting Through. Thus the kings of former times made firm the laws through clearly defined penalties.
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69
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Expression:
His neck is fastened in the wooden cangue, So that his ears disappear. Misfortune.
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Image:
'He wears the cangue and is deprived of his ears:'--he hears, but will not understand.
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65
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Expression:
Bites on dried lean meat. Receives yellow gold. Perseveringly aware of danger. No blame.
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Image:
'Let him be firm and correct, realising the peril (of his position), and there will be no error:'--he will possess every quality appropriate (to his position and task).
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94
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Expression:
Bites on dried gristly meat. Receives metal arrows. It furthers one to be mindful of difficulties and to be persevering. Good fortune.
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Image:
'It will be advantageous to him to realise the difficulty of his task and be firm, in which case there will be good fortune:'--his light has not yet been sufficiently displayed.
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63
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Expression:
Bites on old dried meat and strikes on something poisonous. Slight humiliation. No blame.
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Image:
'He meets with what is disagreeable and hurtful:'--his position is not the proper one for him.
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62
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Expression:
Bites through tender meat, so that his nose disappears. No blame.
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Image:
'He bites through the soft flesh, and (goes on) to bite off the nose:'--(the subject of the line) is mounted on the strong (first line).
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Expression:
His feet are fastened in the stocks, so that his toes disappear. No blame.
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Image:
'His feet are in the stocks, and he is deprived of his toes:'--there is no walking (to do evil).
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