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THE YÎ KING.
TEXT.
XXVI. THE TÂ KHO HEXAGRAM.
Under the conditions of Tá Khô it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.
1. The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.
2. The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.
3. The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence;
proper correlate, nor is the fourth the place for a strong line. Hence the paragraph must be understood as a caution.
Line 5 is strong, in the central place of honour, and has its proper correlate in 2. Hence its subject must possess the quality of the hexagram in perfection. And yet he shall be sick or in distress. But he need not be anxious. Without his efforts a way of escape for him will be opened.
Line 6 is at the top of the hexagram, and comes into the field when the action has run its course. He should be still, and not initiate any fresh movement.
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