Hexagram 10: Lǚ (Treading) · Takashima Ekidan

天泽履 · 第 10 卦 · 中文版

10 Heaven over Lake, Treading “Treading” means treading as in putting on a cap a...

Recorded Cases (8)

A merchant from Yokohama, Mr. X, came to report: “Business has recently declined; I am losing more t (Nine in the first place: Plain treading; going forth, no blame.)
One evening, a thief entered the residence of a certain prominent person and stole several articles (Nine in the second place: The path of treading is broad and level; for the secluded person, perseverance brings good fortune.)
My friend, Deputy Tanaka Toramuro, came from Saga Prefecture and told me: “There is a certain mine t (Six in the third place: With impaired sight one can see; with a lame foot one can walk. Treading on the tiger’s tail, it bites the person; misfortune. A warrior acts against the Great Ruler.)
A certain member of the House of Peers, a large taxpayer from Fukushima Prefecture, had observed tha (Six in the third place: With impaired sight one can see; with a lame foot one can walk. Treading on the tiger’s tail, it bites the person; misfortune. A warrior acts against the Great Ruler.)
In December of the seventeenth year of the Meiji era, political factions caused unrest in the capita (Nine in the fourth place: Treading on the tiger’s tail, cautious and fearful; in the end, good fortune.)
The president of a certain company came to ask about the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of his f (Line 5: A resolute tread; persistence in danger.)
In the tenth month of the twenty-third year of the Meiji era, in the election for the fifteenth dist (Top line: Examine the tread; assess the auspicious signs in its turning; supreme good fortune.)
In the thirtieth year of the Meiji era, divination was performed concerning relations between our co (Top line: Examine the tread; assess the auspicious signs in its turning; supreme good fortune.)

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