Hexagram 2: Kūn (The Receptive) · Takashima Ekidan

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Kun: Origin, success, beneficial perseverance like a mare. The noble person has ...

Recorded Cases (9)

In the winter of the twenty-first year of Meiji, a certain Baron came to report: “Recently I have wa (Six at the Beginning: Treading frost; solid ice will arrive.)
At the winter solstice of the thirty-first year of Meiji, I divined the fortune of our imperial nati (Six at the Beginning: Treading frost; solid ice will arrive.)
In January of Meiji 23, divination was performed concerning Count Ito’s fortunes, resulting in Kun c (Six in the second place: Straight, square, and great; without practice, nothing is unfavorable.)
In June of Meiji 30, I went to the Aichi Spun Cotton Manufacturing Works. The works were under the r (Six in the second place: Straight, square, and great; without practice, nothing is unfavorable.)
In Meiji 19, divination was performed concerning the fortunes of an acquaintance, Yanagida, resultin (Six in the third place: Conceal brilliance; it is acceptable to be steadfast. Perhaps engage in the king’s affairs; no achievement, yet an ending.)
In January of Meiji 12, I happened to meet Mr. Tomoatsu Godai of Osaka, who asked for a divination c (Six in the fourth place: A tied-up sack; no blame, no praise.)
In Meiji 22, I divined the fortunes of a certain eminent person and obtained Kun changing to Bi. I p (Six in the fifth place: Yellow lower garment, supreme good fortune)
In Meiji 6, I divined the fortunes of the government and obtained Kun changing to Bo (Six at the top: Dragons battle in the open country; their blood is dark and yellow)
At the winter solstice of Meiji 27, I divined whether the next year’s harvest would be abundant or p (Six at the top: Dragons battle in the open country; their blood is dark and yellow)

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