Hexagram 3: Zhūn (Difficulty at the Beginning) · Takashima Ekidan

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Sprouting: supreme success; favorable to steadfastness. Do not undertake underta...

Recorded Cases (9)

In the twelfth month of Meiji 26, a certain eminent person divined his fortune and received Sproutin (First Yang: Hesitation. Favorable to remain in steadfast correctness; favorable to establish feudal lords.)
Nemoto Tsūmei of Akita Prefecture was deeply learned in the Classics and tireless in teaching others (First Yang: Hesitation. Favorable to remain in steadfast correctness; favorable to establish feudal lords.)
Divining the outcome of the Franco-Prussian War. A friend named Masuda had studied in Europe and und (First Yang: Hesitation. Favorable to remain in steadfast correctness; favorable to establish feudal lords.)
In Meiji 25, a certain nobleman divined his fortune and received Sprouting changing to Limitation (Six in the second place: Hesitating and turning back, the mounted horses move in formation. Not bandits but suitors. The girl remains steadfast and does not marry ; after ten years, she marries.)
In the summer of Meiji 18, a prominent official responded to a certain person’s invitation. The offi (Six in the third place: Pursuing a deer without a guide, only to enter the forest. The noble man, at the first sign of danger , would do better to give up; going on would bring regret.)
A certain person sent an intermediary on behalf of Kihachiro Okura to request a divination concernin (Nine in the fifth place: Horses hesitate and turn back. Seek a marriage alliance; going forward is auspicious, and nothing is unfavorable.)
In early summer of Meiji 19, a certain judge visited and said: “I am usually stationed in a certain (Nine in the fifth place: Its rich nourishment is blocked. Small-scale perseverance is auspicious; great-scale perseverance is ominous.)
In September of year 27, our country undertook an expedition against Qing China. Shibusawa Eiichi an (Nine in the fifth place: Its rich nourishment is blocked. Small-scale perseverance is auspicious; great-scale perseverance is ominous.)
In the twenty-fourth year of the Meiji era, divination was performed concerning the fortunes of the (Top Six: Riding horses, they move back and forth; weeping blood in an endless stream.)

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