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25 Wu Wang
Wu Wang indicates
great progress and success, while there will be advantage in being firm
and correct. If (its subject and his action) be not correct, he will fall
into errors, and it will not be advantageous for him to move in any direction.
1. The first
NINE, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance
will be accompanied with good fortune.
2. The second
six, divided, shows one who reaps without having ploughed (that he might
reap), and gathers the produce of his third year's fields without having
cultivated them the first year for that end. To such a one there will
be advantage in whatever direction he may move.
3. The third
six, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity;-as
in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it (and
carries it off), while the people in the neighborhood have the calamity
(of being accused and apprehended).
4. The fourth
NINE, undivided, shows (a case) in which, if its subject can remain firm
and correct, there will be no error.
5. The fifth
NINE, undivided, shows one who is free from insincerity, and yet has fallen
ill. Let him not use medicine, and he will have occasion for joy (in his
recovery).
6. The topmost
NINE, undivided, shows its subject free from insincerity, yet sure to
fall into error, if he take action. (His action) will not be advantageous
in any way.
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