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Hexagram 29
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The Abysmal (Water)
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Expression
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Kǎn, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.
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Judgement
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The Abysmal repeated. If you are sincere, you have success in your heart, And whatever you do succeeds.
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Image
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Water flows on uninterruptedly and reaches its goal. Image of the Abysmal repeated. Thus the superior man walks in lasting virtue And carries on the business of teaching.
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66
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Expression:
Bound with cords and ropes, Shut in between thorn-hedged prison walls: For three years one does not find the way. Misfortune.
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Image:
'The sixth line, divided, shows its subject missing his (proper) course:'--'there will be evil for three years.'
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95
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Expression:
The abyss is not filled to overflowing, It is filled only to the rim. No blame.
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Image:
'The water in the defile is not full (so as to flow away):'--(the virtue indicated by) the central situation is not yet (sufficiently) great.
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64
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Expression:
A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with it; Earthen vessels simply handed in through the window. There is certainly no blame in this.
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Image:
'(Nothing but) a bottle of spirits and a subsidiary basket of rice:'--(these describe) the meeting at this point of (those who are represented by) the strong and weak lines.
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63
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Expression:
Forward and backward, abyss on abyss. In danger like this, pause at first and wait, otherwise you will fall into a pit in the abyss. Do not act in this way.
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Image:
'Whether he comes or goes, he is confronted by a defile:'--he will never (in such circumstances) achieve any success.。
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92
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Expression:
The abyss is dangerous. One should strive to attain small things only.
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Image:
'He will get a little (of the deliverance) that he seeks:'--he will not yet escape from his environed position.
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16
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Expression:
Repetition of the Abysmal. In the abyss one falls into a pit. Misfortune.
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Image:
'In the double defile, he enters a cavern within it:'--he has missed his (proper) way, and there will be evil.
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