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‘Regrets vanish.
Lost horse: don’t chase it, it returns of itself.
See hateful people, no mistake.’
Hexagram 38, Opposing, line 1
‘Shock comes, danger.
A hundred thousand coins lost.
Climb the nine hills, don’t give chase.
On the seventh day, gain.’
Hexagram 51, Shock, line 2
‘A wife loses her carriage screen.
Don’t chase it.
On the seventh day, gain.’
Hexagram 63, Aready Across, line 2
‘Regrets vanish.
Lost horse: don’t pursue it, it returns of itself.
See hateful people, no mistake.’
‘Shock comes, danger.
A hundred thousand coins lost
Climb the nine hills,
Don’t give chase.
On the seventh day, gain.’
‘A wife loses her carriage screen.
Don’t chase it.
On the seventh day, gain.’
This line joins with Hexagram 54, the Marrying Maiden: literally, a marrying ‘not-yet woman‘, not ready for the situation where she finds herself, and certainly in no position to fix anything.
And it turns out that Yi has three ‘lost and found’ lines: 38.1, 51.2 and 63.2.
48.0 no loss, no gain
Open the Chinese text in Wenlin, paste the relevant character into the search box, hit CTRL+F and take a note of each instance.I should think so, how do you amass them so quickly ?
48 unchanging says 'no loss no gain ?'
Yes, it does seem likely to be saying that the level of the water doesn't change - which is a bit odd, as surely the level of water in a normal well does change? But the words used are the same 'loss' and 'gain' as in all those other lines, and not (for instance) the names of 41 and 42.Wilhelm has for 48
'It neither decreases nor increases'
which is quite a different thing to my mind to losing or gaining. Surely they are quite different meanings. The well neither increasing nor decreasing does not amount to gain or loss on the part of any individual, it's not about losing or finding at all it's just saying the level remains constant in the well.
You've got 'without loss without gain' but the overall meaning is the water in the well doesn't change.
There's also quite a difference between finding and gaining in English. Finding doesn't always imply gain.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
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