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The original Richard Wilhelm translation for the hexagram line...


明夷

Hexagram 36
Ming I - Darkening of the Light

yin
yin above: K'un / The Receptive, Earth
yin
yang
yin below: Li / The Clinging, Fire
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CHANGING LINE:

Hexagram Thirty-Six/Line Three


Nine in the third place means:
Darkening of the light during the hunt in the south.
Their great leader is captured.
One must not expect perseverance too soon.


Napoléon Bonaparte

'Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau', 1845 - Paul Delaroche


It seems as if chance were at work. While the strong, loyal man is striving eagerly and in good faith to create order, he meets the ringleader of the disorder, as if by accident, and seizes him. Thus victory is achieved. But in abolishing abuses one must not be too hasty. This would turn out badly because the abuses have been in existence so long.


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