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SECT. I.
THE SUI HEXAGRAM.
XVII. THE Sui HEXAGRAM.
Sui indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. But it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. There will (then) be no error.
1. The first line, undivided, shows us one changing the object of his pursuit ; but if he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. Going beyond (his own) gate to find associates, he will achieve merit.
2. The second line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the little boy, and lets go the man of age and experience.
3. The third line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the man of age and experience, and lets go the little boy. Such following will get what it seeks ; but it will be advantageous to adhere to what is firm and correct.
4. The fourth line, undivided, shows us one followed and obtaining (adherents). Though he be firm and correct, there will be evil. If he be sincere (however) in his course, and make that evident, into what error will he fall ?
Hence he is represented as suffering from a chronic complaint, but nevertheless he does not die. See Appendix II on the line.
Line 6, at the very top or end of the hexagram, is weak, and its subject is all but lost. Still even for him there is a chance of safety, if he will but change.
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