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Sun
In (what
is denoted by) Sun, if there be sincerity (in him who employs it), there
will be great good fortune: - freedom from error; firmness and correctness
that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be
made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed?
(Even) in sacrifice two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else),
may be presented.
1. The
first NINE, undivided, shows its subject suspending his own affairs,
and hurrying, away (to help the subject of the fourth line). He will
commit no error, but let him consider how far he should contribute of
what is his (for the other).
2. The
second NINE, undivided, shows that it will be advantageous for its subject
to maintain a firm correctness, and that action on his part will be
evil. He can give increase (to his correlate) without taking from himself
3. The
third six, divided, shows how of three men walking together, the number
is diminished by one; and how one, walking, finds his friend.
4. The
fourth six, divided, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under
which he labors by making (the subject of the first line) hasten (to
his help), and make him glad. There will be no error.
5. The
fifth six, divided, shows parties adding to (the stores of) its subject
ten pairs of tortoise shells, and accepting no refusal. There will be
great good fortune.
6. The
topmost NINE, undivided, shows its subject giving increase to others
without taking from himself. There will be no error. With firm correctness
there will be good fortune. There will be advantage in every movement
that shall be made. He will find ministers more than can be counted
by their clans.
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