Hexagram 35: Jìn (Progress) · Takashima Ekidan

火地晋 · 第 35 卦 · 中文版

35 Fire over Earth, Advance The structure of the hexagram is Li above and Kun be...

Recorded Cases (8)

A man from a certain county came and asked whether his aspiration would succeed. He received Jin cha (First Nine: Advancing as if checked, advancing as if obstructed; perseverance is auspicious. No trust is placed in him; generosity brings no blame.)
In the fifth year of the Meiji era, I accompanied Army Colonel Fukuhara Minoru to Sanuki to plan the (Second Six: Advancing as if sorrowful; perseverance is auspicious. Receive this great blessing from the royal grandmother.)
A merchant from Kyushu came and asked for a divination on whether purchasing goods from a certain la (Third Six: The multitude gives approval; regret disappears.)
A merchant came and asked for a divination about household management. The resulting hexagram was Ji (Fourth Nine: Advancing like a giant rat; perseverance brings danger.)
Baron Itsuka came to Takashima Donsho before moving to the Western Capital and asked for a divinatio (Fourth Nine: Advancing like a giant rat; perseverance brings danger.)
A member of the old nobility came and asked for a divination about his fortune. The resulting hexagr (Six at the fifth: Regret disappears. Do not worry about loss and gain; going forward is auspicious, and nothing is unfavorable.)
In the thirty-first year of the Meiji era, a divination was made about the Cabinet’s fortune. The re (Six at the fifth: Regret disappears. Do not worry about loss and gain; going forward is auspicious, and nothing is unfavorable.)
A friend came and said: “There is a certain company whose affairs have concerned me since its foundi (Top Nine: Advancing to the horns; use force only to attack a city. Danger, yet auspicious. No blame, but perseverance brings shame.)

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