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SECT. II.
THE KHWEI HEXAGRAM.
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XXXVIII. The Kuwei Hexagram.
Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will (still) be good success.
1. The first line, undivided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him not seek for them;
-they will return of themselves. Should he meet with bad men, he will not err in communicating with them).
2. The second line, undivided, shows its subject happening to meet with his lord in a bye-passage. There will be no error.
3. In the third line, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented by the first
Line 6 is also strong, and being in an even place, the subject of it might degenerate into stern severity, but he is supposed to be sincere, complete in his personal character and self-culture, and hence his action will only lead to good fortune.
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