Hexagram 48: Jǐng (The Well) · Takashima Ekidan

水风井 · 第 48 卦 · 中文版

Jing: The town may be changed but the well is not; there is neither loss nor gai...

Recorded Cases (9)

A certain friend came and asked for a divination concerning his fortunes; the resulting hexagram was (Six at the beginning: Mud in the well is not fit to eat; an old well has no birds.)
A certain friend came and asked for a divination concerning his fortunes; the resulting hexagram was (Nine in the second place: In the valley of the well, shoot at a small fish; the jar is worn and leaks.)
In 1901, a divination was made concerning the fortunes of the Ministry of Justice; the resulting hex (Nine in the second place: In the valley of the well, shoot at a small fish; the jar is worn and leaks.)
In January of Meiji 26, while making New Year visits, I happened to call on a distinguished person. (Nine in the third place: The well has been cleared, but no one drinks from it; my heart is troubled. It can be drawn from. If the king is enlightened, all will receive its blessing.)
In July of Meiji 23, Mr. Tomita Teijiro, head of the Niigata Court, came to visit. He was an old acq (Nine in the third place: The well has been cleared, but no one drinks from it; my heart is troubled. It can be drawn from. If the king is enlightened, all will receive its blessing.)
Near the foreign settlement at Yokohama’s port town was a market for fish, birds, vegetables, and li (Nine in the fourth place: The well is lined with bricks; no blame.)
Divination concerning the dispute between Qing and France over Annam. Hostilities began in the third (Nine in the fourth place: The well is lined with bricks; no blame.)
In Meiji 22, I divined the fortune of Count Yamagata and obtained the Well hexagram changing to Incr (Nine in the fifth place: The well water is clear; the cold spring is drunk.)
In Meiji 30, I divined the state of trade and obtained the Well hexagram changing to the Wind (Six in the sixth place: The well is open and uncovered; there is trust—great good fortune.)

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