Hexagram 8: Bǐ (Holding Together) · Takashima Ekidan

水地比 · 第 8 卦 · 中文版

08 Water over Earth, Holding Together The seal-script form of the character “Bi ...

Recorded Cases (8)

The son of a certain Mr. X had studied in Britain for many years. After returning home, he took up a (Initial Six: There is sincerity with which to form an alliance—no blame. Sincerity fills the earthen vessel; in the end, unexpected good fortune comes.)
A certain county magistrate was about to be honorably transferred to a certain province and asked fo (Six in the Second Place: Alliance begins from within; correctness is auspicious.)
A friend, Mr. X, came to tell me: “Recently I have been planning with a certain friend to establish (Six in the Third Place: Alliance with the wrong people.)
In the twenty-first year of Meiji, divination was performed concerning the fortune of a certain emin (Six in the fourth place: Associate with those outside; constancy brings good fortune.)
On the fourteenth day of the third month in the twenty-fourth year of Meiji, the Speaker of the Hous (Nine in the fifth place: Manifest association. The king uses three drives; he loses the game in front. The people of the town need no warning. Auspicious.)
Divination concerning the fortune of the Home Ministry in the thirty-first year of Meiji produced Bi (Nine in the fifth place: Manifest association. The king uses three drives; he loses the game in front. The people of the town need no warning. Auspicious.)
A man from a certain county brought a letter of introduction from his friend, Mr. So-and-so, and sai (Six at the top: Association without a leader. Ominous.)
In the thirty-second year of Meiji, divination was performed concerning relations between our countr (Six at the top: Association without a leader. Ominous.)

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