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... wish to extend our field of investi- gation and to have the advice and criticisms of foreign eminent scholars . This is the reason why I have trans- lated this work . Tokyo , May , 2553 . Shigetake Sugiura . The original is the work of ...
... wish to extend our field of investi- gation and to have the advice and criticisms of foreign eminent scholars . This is the reason why I have trans- lated this work . Tokyo , May , 2553 . Shigetake Sugiura . The original is the work of ...
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... France , a country which I well know to be a powerful nation . I wish you please to secure my winning in the con- tract by your sacred divination . " - " You are sure of the victory of France , " answered I , " 24 On the Franco-Prussian ...
... France , a country which I well know to be a powerful nation . I wish you please to secure my winning in the con- tract by your sacred divination . " - " You are sure of the victory of France , " answered I , " 24 On the Franco-Prussian ...
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... wishes to move , but she can not advance as she is faced by the ' Kan ' of the upper complement . This is the emblem involved in the name of the hexagram , ' Chun ' . ' At a stand - still ' means that France can not advance as the enemy ...
... wishes to move , but she can not advance as she is faced by the ' Kan ' of the upper complement . This is the emblem involved in the name of the hexagram , ' Chun ' . ' At a stand - still ' means that France can not advance as the enemy ...
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... wishing to invade the inte- rior of China , but as she has an enmity against Germany , perhaps she can not move all her powers towards China , as long as Bismarck is still living . And then it is evident that she can not obtain a ...
... wishing to invade the inte- rior of China , but as she has an enmity against Germany , perhaps she can not move all her powers towards China , as long as Bismarck is still living . And then it is evident that she can not obtain a ...
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... wish [ of children ] is responded to [ by us ] . The first divination is answered , because [ the in- quirer is actuated by the spirit ] of firmness and modesty . Repetition is blasphemous , and when blasphemous it is not answered ...
... wish [ of children ] is responded to [ by us ] . The first divination is answered , because [ the in- quirer is actuated by the spirit ] of firmness and modesty . Repetition is blasphemous , and when blasphemous it is not answered ...
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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