Hexagram 33: Dùn (Retreat) · Takashima Ekidan

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33 Heaven over Mountain: Dun The Commentary on the Sequence of the Hexagrams say...

Recorded Cases (8)

A certain friend came and asked for a divination concerning his fortune. The casting produced Dun ch (Six at the beginning: Withdrawal with one’s tail exposed. Danger. Do not undertake anything.)
A certain friend came to request a divination concerning his fortune. The casting produced Dun chang (Six in the second place: Hold it with the hide of a yellow ox; no one can tear it loose.)
In the twenty-ninth year of the Meiji era, a divination was performed concerning the fortune of the (Six in the second place: Hold it with the hide of a yellow ox; no one can tear it loose.)
A certain friend came to ask for a divination about the rise and decline of his business. The castin (Nine in the third place: Tied in withdrawal. There is illness. Danger. Raising servants and concubines is auspicious.)
A relative and friend came to ask for a divination about his fortunes; the result was Withdrawal cha (Nine in the fourth place: Favorable withdrawal. The gentleman is fortunate; the petty person is not.)
One day Mr. Sugiura Shigetsuyo came and said: “At present, concerning the Chishima warship incident, (Nine in the fourth place: Favorable withdrawal. The gentleman is fortunate; the petty person is not.)
My relative and friend Nagai Taijiro’s wife was pregnant. He hosted a banquet and invited me to divi (Nine in the fifth place: admirable withdrawal; constancy is fortunate.)
In the third month of the eighteenth year of the Meiji era, conflict arose between the British lion (Nine at the top: abundant withdrawal; nothing is unfavorable.)

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