Hexagram 16: Yù (Enthusiasm) · Takashima Ekidan

雷地豫 · 第 16 卦 · 中文版

16 Thunder over Earth, Yu Commentary: The character for Yu derives from the imag...

Recorded Cases (8)

One day I went to Yokohama to visit a certain friend. A guest who was already there asked me to perf (Initial Six: Proclaiming Yu; misfortune.)
In the twenty-second year of Meiji, a certain official of a bureau came to visit and said: “Since th (Six in the second place: Firm as a stone; not waiting until the end of the day, perseverance is auspicious.)
An official from a certain county came to visit, carrying a letter of introduction from a friend, an (Six in the third place: Gazing at pleasure; regret. Delay brings further regret.)
One day a certain gentleman came and asked for a divination concerning the fortune of a certain emin (Nine in the fourth place: The source of pleasure; great attainment. Do not doubt; friends gather like hair bound by a hairpin.)
On the ninth day of the fourth month in the twenty-eighth year of Meiji, I divined concerning negoti (Nine in the fourth place: The source of pleasure; great attainment. Do not doubt; friends gather like hair bound by a hairpin.)
A wealthy acquaintance, Mr. So-and-so, asked me to divine his fortune; the resulting hexagram was Yu (Six in the fifth place: Chronic illness; it does not cause death.)
Since October of Meiji 28, a forty-five-year-old maid at my Yokohama residence had been suffering fr (Six in the fifth place: Chronic illness; it does not cause death.)
A friend came and said: “Business is bustling these days. I have spotted another opportunity and am (Top six: Darkened Yu. When completion brings change, there is no blame.)

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