I was rummaging today and picked up some I Ching books in a charity shop. I actually got a new Wilhelm and a beautiful one in Chinese with pictures for each hexagram - some are missing. I got the I Ching for a New Age (£1) just to see
Published by Benson in 2002

I realise now the widely different translations - the book seems to take a completely different stance - I would be very confused if it was my only one. I am sure that time and effort were put in but it is just one take on the hexagrams.

I have put one of the pictures of 47 on the kitchen wall - it shows a red river with some people in a boat that look as if they are in a cage being bobbed about on the river (which is red). The river has a dam across it. A tree is growing in a cave at the side. Confined ...

My son said the hexagram 47 on the kitchen wall made him anxious. I have put up Hex 7 - warriors waiting to battle .....

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