Hexagram 14: Dà Yǒu (Great Possession) · Takashima Ekidan

火天大有 · 第 14 卦 · 中文版

14 Heavenly Fire Great Possession Note: The character for “great” is composed of...

Recorded Cases (10)

Fukae of Saga asks about his future after being ruined by dishonest merchants in Yokohama (Initial Nine: No contact with harm. It is not blameworthy; with hardship, there is no blame.)
An acquaintance, Nagai, asks about his fortunes upon entering business (Initial Nine: No contact with harm. It is not blameworthy; with hardship, there is no blame.)
Divining the political fortunes of a high-ranking dignitary in 1869 (Meiji 2) (Nine in the Second Place: A great wagon for carrying loads. There is somewhere to go; no blame.)
Divining the national fortunes of Germany for the year 1899 (Meiji 32) (Nine in the Second Place: A great wagon for carrying loads. There is somewhere to go; no blame.)
At Toranomon in Edo, Kōsetsusō, the chief priest of Konpira Shrine, was a close acquaintance of mine (Nine in the Third Place: A duke offers a feast to the Son of Heaven; a petty person cannot do so.)
Watanabe Koichiro of Tosa asks about his career in 1872 (Meiji 5) (Nine in the Third Place: A duke offers a feast to the Son of Heaven; a petty person cannot do so.)
Abbot Kosetsu of Kotohira Shrine asks about Marquis Asano's prospects in 1896 (Meiji 29) (Nine in the Third Place: A duke offers a feast to the Son of Heaven; a petty person cannot do so.)
A relative or friend entrusted me with handling a business trip. One night late, his associate sudde (Nine in the fourth place: Not making it one’s own magnificence; no blame.)
One day a friend came and asked me to divine his fortune. The divination produced Great Possession c (Six in the fifth place: Their trust is mutually exchanged; majestic; auspicious.)
In the fifteenth year of Meiji, I divined the fortune of a certain eminent person. The divination pr (Nine at the top: Heaven itself gives him aid; auspicious, nothing is unfavorable.)

Short reads in English: Takashima stories and Yilin poems

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