Hexagram 40: Xiè (Deliverance) · Takashima Ekidan

雷水解 · 第 40 卦 · 中文版

Thunder over Water Jie: Jie: The southwest is favorable. There is nowhere to go;...

Recorded Cases (10)

In the third month of the twenty-fourth year of Meiji, rumors and debate arose when Zheng Yongning w (Six at the beginning: No blame.)
A certain merchant divined about his fortunes and obtained Release changing to Joy (Nine in the second place: In the field, one catches three foxes and obtains a yellow arrow. Constancy is auspicious.)
In the twenty-fifth year of Meiji, I suffered from a nasal polyp. My breathing was obstructed, and e (Nine in the second place: In the field, one catches three foxes and obtains a yellow arrow. Constancy is auspicious.)
In Yokosuka, Sagami Province, a fort was being built, along with a large shipyard. Each year, the se (Nine in the second place: In the field, one catches three foxes and obtains a yellow arrow. Constancy is auspicious.)
Someone came and asked for a divination concerning the character of a certain district head. The res (Six in the third place: Carrying on one’s back and riding; thereby bringing bandits. Perseverance brings humiliation.)
A certain A from Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, wrote: “There is a man B living near me whose only son (Nine in the fourth place: Freeing the big toe; friends arrive, and trust is established.)
My friend Yokoyama Sunichiro came and said: “I recently saw in the newspaper that Fukuchi had been i (Six in the fifth place: The noble person has release. Good fortune. There is trust concerning the petty men.)
The monk Jinbei Hongsen, abbot of Engakuji in Kamakura, was widely learned in Buddhist scriptures an (Six at the top: The duke uses a bow to shoot a falcon on the top of the high wall; he captures it. Nothing is unfavorable.)
One day the Yokohama merchant Soda Kinsaku came to visit and asked for a divination concerning the r (Six at the top: The duke uses a bow to shoot a falcon on the top of the high wall; he captures it. Nothing is unfavorable.)
In the thirty-first year of the Meiji era, a divination was made concerning the fortunes of the Ito (Six at the top: The duke uses a bow to shoot a falcon on the top of the high wall; he captures it. Nothing is unfavorable.)

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