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Mang
Mang (indicates
that in the case which it presupposes) there will be progress and success.
I do not (go and) seek the youthful and inexperienced, but he comes and
seeks me. When he shows (the sincerity that marks) the first recourse
to divination, I instruct him. If he apply a second and third time, that
is troublesome; and I do not instruct the troublesome. There will be advantage
in being firm and correct.
1. The first
six, divided, (has respect to) the dispelling of ignorance. It will beadvantageous
to use punishment (for that purpose), and to remove the shackles (from
the mind). But going on in that way (of punishment) will give occasion
for regret.
2. The second
NINE, undivided, (shows its subject) exercising forbearance with the ignorant,
in which there will be good fortune; and admitting (even the goodness
of women, which will also be fortunate. (He may be described also as)
a son able to (sustain the burden of) his family.
3. The third
six, divided, (seems to say) that one should not marry a woman whose emblem
it might be, for that, when she sees a man of wealth, she will not keep
her person from him, and in no wise will advantage come from her.
4. The fourth
six, divided, (shows its subject as io bound in chains of ignorance. There
will be occasion for regret.
5. The fifth
six, divided, shows its subject as a simple lad without experience. There
will be good fortune.
6. In the
topmost NINE, undivided, we see one smiting the ignorant (youth). But
no advantage will come from doing him an injury. Advantage would come
from warding off injury from him.
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