Hexagram 32 | Duration | |||
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Héng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.
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Judgement | Duration. Success. No blame. Perseverance furthers. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. | |||
Image | Thunder and wind. Image of Duration. Thus the superior man stands firm And does not change his direction. | |||
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Expression: Restlessness as an enduring condition brings misfortune. | |||
Image: 'The subject of the topmost line is exciting himself to long continuance:'--far will he be from achieving merit. | ||||
65
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Expression: Giving duration to one's character through perseverance. This is good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man. | |||
Image: 'Such firm correctness in a wife will be fortunate:'--it is hers to the end of life to follow with an unchanged mind. The husband must decide what is right, and lay down the rule accordingly:--for him to follow (like) a wife is evil. | ||||
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Expression: No game in the field. | |||
Image: (Going) for long to what is not his proper place, how can he get game? | ||||
93
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Expression: He who does not give duration to his character meets with disgrace. Persistent humiliation. | |||
Image: 'He does not continuously maintain his virtue:'--nowhere will he be borne with. | ||||
92
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Expression: Remorse disappears. | |||
Image: 'All occasion for repentance on the part of the subject of the second NINE, (undivided,), disappears:'--he can abide long in the due mean. | ||||
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Expression: Seeking duration too hastily brings misfortune persistently. Nothing that would further. | |||
Image: The evil attached to the deep desire for long continuance (in the subject of the first line)' arises from the deep seeking for it at the commencement (of things). | ||||