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归妹 Hexagram 54
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above: Chên / The Arousing, Thunder |
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below: Tui / The Joyous, Lake |
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CHANGING LINE:
Six at the top means:
At the sacrifice to the ancestors, the woman had to present harvest offerings in a basket, while the man slaughtered the sacrificial animal with his own hand. Here the ritual is only superficially fulfilled; the woman takes an empty basket and the man stabs a sheep slaughtered beforehand - solely to preserve the forms. This impious, irreverent attitude bodes no good for a marriage.
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