Hexagram 20: Guān (Contemplation) · Takashima Ekidan

风地观 · 第 20 卦 · 中文版

20 Wind over Earth, Guan Commentary: The character “Guan” is composed of “Huan” ...

Recorded Cases (8)

An employee of a certain coal company came and said: “Our company is about to purchase coal for a ce (Six at the beginning: Childlike viewing. For the small man, no blame; for the noble man, shame.)
A friend came and said: “I happened to receive an invitation from a certain wealthy merchant. People (Six at the beginning: Childlike viewing. For the small man, no blame; for the noble man, shame.)
In Meiji 23, divination was performed about the House of Peers. The result was Observation changing (Second Six: Peeking observation; favorable for a woman’s correctness.)
A friend visited and said that three people in the same trade had joined forces and wanted to start (Third Six: Observe my life; advance or withdraw.)
In Meiji 7, divination was performed about a certain eminent person traveling to Qing China. The res (Fourth Six: Observe the country’s glory; it is favorable to be a guest of the king.)
A friend named someone wanted to be elected president of a company and asked for a divination about (Nine in the fifth: Observe my life; the noble person has no blame.)
At the end of the eighteenth year of Meiji, Lord Torio Tokuan came to visit me, and we discussed the (Top Nine: Observe his life; the noble person has no blame.)
A certain relative or friend, planning to build a three-story house, showed an architectural scholar (Top Nine: Observe his life; the noble person has no blame.)

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