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Hexagram 31 | Influence (Wooing) | ||
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Judgement | Influence. Success. Perseverance furthers. To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune. | |||
Image | A lake on the mountain. Image of Influence. Thus the superior man encourages people to approach him By his readiness to receive them. | |||
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Expression: The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue. | |||
Image: 'He moves his jaws and tongue:'--he (only) talks with loquacious mouth. | ||||
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Expression: The influence shows itself in the back of the neck. No remorse. | |||
Image: 'He (tries to) move the flesh along the spine above the heart:'--his aim is trivial. | ||||
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Expression: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. If a man is agitated in mind, and his thoughts go hither and thither, only those friends on whom he fixes his conscious thoughts will follow. | |||
Image: 'Firm correctness will lead to good fortune, and prevent all occasion for repentance:'--there has not yet been any harm from (a selfish wish to) influence. 'He is unsettled in his movements:'(his power to influence) is not yet either brilliant or great. | ||||
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Expression: The influence shows itself in the thighs. Holds to that which follows it. To continue is humiliating. | |||
Image: 'He moves his thighs:'--he still does not (want to) rest in his place. His will is set on 'following others:'--what he holds in his grasp is low. | ||||
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Expression: The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. Tarrying brings good fortune. | |||
Image: Though 'there would be evil; yet, if he abide (quiet) in his place, there will be good fortune:'--through compliance (with the circumstances of his condition and place) there will be no injury. | ||||
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Expression: The influence shows itself in the big toe. | |||
Image: 'He moves his great toe:'--his mind is set on what is beyond (himself). | ||||