Hexagram 5: Xū (Waiting) · Takashima Ekidan

水天需 · 第 5 卦 · 中文版

Xu: Sincerity. Brilliant success. Steadfastness is auspicious. Favorable to cros...

Recorded Cases (10)

My friend Mr. Soda Kinsaku came to tell me: There is a company that everyone says makes very large p (The First Nine: Waiting in the outskirts. It is favorable to remain constant. No blame.)
My friend Mr. Nagai Taijiro lent money to a merchant in Hokkaido. The merchant exceeded the due date (Nine in the second place: Waiting on the sand. There is a little talk; in the end, good fortune.)
While imprisoned on Tsukuda Island, a divination was performed concerning the fate of Nishimura Mase (Nine in the third place: Waiting in the mud, bringing bandits.)
In May of Meiji 27, the Donghak rebellion broke out in Korea. Japan and Qing China were bound by the (Nine in the third place: Waiting in the mud, bringing bandits.)
In Meiji 19, an acquaintance, a British doctor of engineering, came to tell me: “I have a daughter, (Six in the fourth place: Waiting in blood, emerging from the cave.)
A certain man from a certain county said: “I now wish to call on a prominent nobleman to make a requ (Nine in the fifth place: Waiting with wine and food. Correctness is auspicious.)
In December of the twenty-second year of Meiji, my friend Jinbo Chobei’s wife was bedridden with sto (The top line: Entering the cave. Three uninvited guests come; treating them with respect brings good fortune in the end.)
Mr. Nakano Goichi, whom I knew and who formerly lived in Osaka, was reported in a newspaper one day (The top line: Entering the cave. Three uninvited guests come; treating them with respect brings good fortune in the end.)
One day my friend Mr. Ito Sadao came and told me: “Since childhood, my younger son has been working (The top line: Entering the cave. Three uninvited guests come; treating them with respect brings good fortune in the end.)
In the thirty-first year of Meiji, I divined the fortunes of the army and obtained Need changing to (The top line: Entering the cave. Three uninvited guests come; treating them with respect brings good fortune in the end.)

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