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Page 7
... occupies a lower position . Positive II . The dragon appearing in the field ; advantageous to see great men . Interpretation . " The dragon appearing in the field " signifies that the influence of one's virtues is felt everywhere ...
... occupies a lower position . Positive II . The dragon appearing in the field ; advantageous to see great men . Interpretation . " The dragon appearing in the field " signifies that the influence of one's virtues is felt everywhere ...
Page 32
... occupies a " positive and unmiddling position " : thus the government of the positive stations itself near the border of the country or at Peking , and sends out its soldiers of the negative to fight with the enemy . France is " Water ...
... occupies a " positive and unmiddling position " : thus the government of the positive stations itself near the border of the country or at Peking , and sends out its soldiers of the negative to fight with the enemy . France is " Water ...
Page 43
... occupies the imperial position and is just and proper . " Advantageous to wade a large river " —this phrase means that an advance will be successful . Interpretation . A cloud ascending up to the heaven is [ the emblem of ] Ju ; and ...
... occupies the imperial position and is just and proper . " Advantageous to wade a large river " —this phrase means that an advance will be successful . Interpretation . A cloud ascending up to the heaven is [ the emblem of ] Ju ; and ...
Page 44
... occupies a just and middle position . Negative VI . Enters a hole ; three uninvited vis- itors will come ; lucky in the end , if one treat them with respect . Interpretation . It will be eventually lucky , though uninvited visitors will ...
... occupies a just and middle position . Negative VI . Enters a hole ; three uninvited vis- itors will come ; lucky in the end , if one treat them with respect . Interpretation . It will be eventually lucky , though uninvited visitors will ...
Page 49
... occupies a middle position . " Un- lucky , when [ the suit ] is prosecuted to the last , ” — because a lawsuit ought not , from its very nature , to be brought to its final issue . " Advantageous to see great men " -because what are ...
... occupies a middle position . " Un- lucky , when [ the suit ] is prosecuted to the last , ” — because a lawsuit ought not , from its very nature , to be brought to its final issue . " Advantageous to see great men " -because what are ...
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able advantageous to advance Advantageous to wade affairs army bloody tears Buddhism calamity China Chōka Chun constant Corea danger diagram difficulty divined and obtained earth element occupies embellishment emblem endeavour Exposition follow France free from blame free from remorse Government Haikai Haku Heaven Hence hexagram Honourable men accordingly implies inauspicious inner complement Interpretation king Kisei Kwan large river Lineation lose lower complement marriage means Mei-i Meiji middle position Negative II nobleman obedient obtained the change obtained the Negative obtained the Positive occupies a middle officers outer complement Perfectly auspicious perfectly lucky person pond position is improper Positive II present principle Remorse disappears Russia says Shin Shintoism small-minded stops strong element Sugi Taikwa things three-legged kettle thunder tiger's tail tion Tōkyō truthful Tsukudajima Unlucky to advance upper complement vantageous virtues wade a large weak element woman Yokohama