Hexagram 44: Gòu (Coming to Meet) · Takashima Ekidan

天风姤 · 第 44 卦 · 中文版

Heaven over Wind, Gou: The woman is strong; do not take this woman as a wife.

Recorded Cases (8)

In the twelfth month of the eighteenth year of the Meiji era, the lay Buddhist Torio Tokuan came to (Initial Six: Tied to a metal axle stop, constancy is auspicious. If there is somewhere to go, misfortune appears. A weak boar will surely be restless and stamp about.)
A certain person came to request a divination about his fortune and received Gou changing to Dun (Nine in the second place: A package contains fish; no blame. It is unfavorable to guests.)
A friend asked for a divination to determine whether a matter would succeed, and received Gou changi (Nine in the third place: The buttocks have no skin; its movement is hesitant. Danger, but no great blame.)
In June of the twenty-eighth year of Meiji, Lieutenant General Miura was appointed envoy to Korea. B (Nine in the third place: The buttocks have no skin; its movement is hesitant. Danger, but no great blame.)
In the thirtieth year of Meiji, the fortune of Marquis Ito was divined, and Gou changing to Song was (Nine in the third place: The buttocks have no skin; its movement is hesitant. Danger, but no great blame.)
A friend came to ask for a divination about his fortune and received Gou and Xun (Nine in the fourth place: A package contains no fish; misfortune arises.)
In a certain month of the twenty-second year of the Meiji era, a certain barrister from Yokohama cam (Nine in the fifth place: Using a willow branch to wrap a melon; containing brilliance. Something falls from heaven.)
One day a friend came and said: “I have always been close to a certain eminent person and have recei (Top nine: Meeting at the horns; regret, but no blame.)

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