Hexagram 54: Guī Mèi (The Marrying Maiden) · Takashima Ekidan

雷泽归妹 · 第 54 卦 · 中文版

Thunder over Lake—Marrying Maiden. Marrying Maiden: Advancing is inauspicious; t...

Recorded Cases (8)

In the sixteenth year of the Meiji era, I traveled to Ikaho in Kamiko and met Professor Fujino Masah (Initial Nine: The Marrying Maiden as a secondary wife. Lame, she can still walk; undertaking a campaign is auspicious.)
A certain official came to ask for a divination concerning his fortune. The casting produced “The Ma (Initial Nine: The Marrying Maiden as a secondary wife. Lame, she can still walk; undertaking a campaign is auspicious.)
A member of the nobility visited my villa. It was the season of continuous rain, and he was gloomy a (Nine in the second place: One-eyed, yet able to see; beneficial is the constancy of a secluded person.)
In the thirty-first year of the Meiji era, I divined the fortune of the Government-General of Taiwan (Nine in the second place: One-eyed, yet able to see; beneficial is the constancy of a secluded person.)
A person from a certain county sent a letter with a relative or friend and asked whether his attempt (Six in the third place: The Marrying Maiden as a waiting woman; she returns and becomes a secondary wife.)
A merchant asks about the timing for buying and selling goods (Nine in the fourth place: The Marrying Maiden misses the proper time; a delayed marriage comes at the proper time.)
A friend asks about the fortune of an official taking up a new post (Six at the fifth line: Emperor Yi gives his maiden daughter in marriage. The sleeves of the princess-bride are not as fine as the sleeves of her younger sister-concubine. The moon is almost full; auspicious.)
A friend asks about entering a partnership to launch a new enterprise (Six at the top: The woman holds the basket, but there is no fruit; the gentleman slaughters the sheep, but there is no blood. Nothing is advantageous.)

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