Hexagram 60: Jié (Limitation) · Takashima Ekidan

水泽节 · 第 60 卦 · 中文版

Shui Ze Jie (Water over Lake), Jie: Prosperity. Bitter restriction cannot be ste...

Recorded Cases (8)

A friend came to ask about his residence, and divine Jie transforming to Kan (Initial Nine: Not going out of the inner courtyard brings no blame.)
A police officer came and said: 'My friend, a former retainer of a domain, gave his life for the kin (Nine at the Second Position: Not going out of the outer door and courtyard brings misfortune.)
In November of the ZXKEEP20XZth year of Meiji, Count Toda Ujitomo, former lord of the Ogaki Domain, (Six at the third line: Not limiting oneself results in sighing and lamentation. No blame.)
A certain official came to inquire about official promotion. Divining this, he obtained the Jie hexa (Six at the fourth line: Contented limitation brings success.)
A certain merchant came to ask about business profit and loss. Divining this, he obtained the Jie he (Nine at the fifth line: Sweet limitation brings good fortune; going forward earns esteem.)
A business friend asked about the fluctuation of stock prices. Divining this, he obtained the Jie he (Top Six: Bitter limitation. Persevering in this brings misfortune, but regret vanishes.)
In the ZXKEEP31XZ year of Meiji, I divined the political administration of the Hokkaido Government O (Top Six: Bitter limitation. Persevering in this brings misfortune, but regret vanishes.)
In the ZXKEEP31XZ year of Meiji, I divined the diplomatic situation and obtained the Jie hexagram (L (Top Six: Bitter limitation. Persevering in this brings misfortune, but regret vanishes.)

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