Hexagram 7: Shī (The Army) · Takashima Ekidan
地水师 · 第 7 卦 · 中文版
Earthly Water Army: The Army: Correctness. The great person is auspicious; no bl...
Recorded Cases (6)
- Someone wished to establish an organized industrial company, raise share capital, and draw up articl (First yin: The army goes forth according to discipline; failure to be good is inauspicious.)
- In the twelfth month of the twenty-fifth year of the Meiji era, divining about the Fifth National Di (Nine in the Second place: In the midst of the army—good fortune, no blame. The king grants his commands three times.)
- In the third year of the Meiji era, three Yokohama merchants loaded imported goods onto a steamship (Six in the Third place: The army may carry corpses. Misfortune.)
- I was at Atami when a certain Army lieutenant general and a certain Army major general came to visit (Six in the Fourth place: The army retreats to the left. No blame.)
- In January of Meiji 18, I traveled to Atami to bathe in its hot springs to escape the cold. At that (Six in the Fifth place: There are birds in the fields; it is beneficial to declare one’s purpose; no blame. The eldest son commands the army; the younger sons carry corpses. Correctness is unfortunate.)
- A prominent nobleman was suffering from stomach cancer. When I visited him, three councillors of the (Sixth place: The great ruler issues a mandate: establish a state and pass on the family line ; petty people must not be employed.)
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