Hexagram 32: Héng (Duration) · Takashima Ekidan

雷风恒 · 第 32 卦 · 中文版

Thunder over Wind, Duration: Success. No blame. Constancy is beneficial. It is b...

Recorded Cases (8)

In the seventh month of Meiji 15, an uprising broke out in Korea. Minister Hanabusa and those below (Six at the beginning: Deepening Constancy; steadfastness is inauspicious. Nothing is favorable.)
The president of a certain company came to request a divination about the company’s fortunes. The ca (Nine in the second place: Regret disappears.)
In the second month of Meiji 26, Uemura Tosaburo, manager of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Railway Company, (Nine in the second place: Regret disappears.)
One day, a prominent nobleman came to visit and said to me: “I have a colleague, so burdened by debt (Nine in the third place: He does not maintain his virtue; someone may bring him shame. Steadfastness brings embarrassment.)
In the twenty-eighth year of Meiji, I divined the national fortune of Qing China. The cast resulted (Nine in the third place: He does not maintain his virtue; someone may bring him shame. Steadfastness brings embarrassment.)
In the twenty-third year of Meiji, a certain gentleman of rank came and asked me to divine the fortu (Nine in the fourth place: The field has no game.)
A wealthy merchant came and asked me to divine his fortune. The cast resulted in Heng changing to Da (Six in the fifth place: Maintaining one’s virtue. Steadfastness. Auspicious for a woman; ominous for a man.)
A merchant came and asked me to divine his fortune. The cast resulted in Heng changing to Ding (Six at the top: Agitated constancy. Ominous.)

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