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Hi Tuck
Can you elaborate a little further why you translate the text as "to divine twice"?
Thanks
1.HOLDING TOGETHER brings good fortune.2.
Inquire of the oracle once again
Whether you possess sublimity, constancy, and perseverance;
Then there is no blame.
Wilhelm
Pî indicates that (under the conditions which it supposes) there is good fortune. But let (the principal party intended in it) re-examine himself, (as if) by divination, whether his virtue be great, unintermitting, and firm. If it be so, there will be no error. Those who have not rest will then come to him; and with those who are (too) late in coming it will be ill.
Legge
Sorry, I have no idea what kind of divination method it is.
To divine twice (or to divine very prudently)
However it is alleged, 原筮 is a kind of ancient divination rule, a very prudent and deliberate divination, therefore it is annotated by most of Chinese I Ching writings as ‘to divine twice’.
Once upon a time, I have a very "heated" discussion about "ask again to the Yi" in Luis' forum.
jajaja... It wasn't with you, Luis; but ClaudioNot with me, though... (I think... )
Clarity,
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