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随 Hexagram 17
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above: Tui / The Joyous, Lake |
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below: Chên / The Arousing, Thunder |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine in the fourth place means:
'Flattery' - Juan Gris, 1908 - Pencil, color pencil and watercolor on paper |
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It often happens, when a man exerts a certain amount of influence, that he obtains a following by condescension toward inferiors. But the people who attach themselves to him are not honest in their intentions. They seek personal advantage and try to make themselves indispensable through flattery and subservience. If one becomes accustomed to such satellites and cannot do without them, it brings misfortune. Only when a man is completely free from his ego, and intent, by conviction, upon what is right and essential, does he acquire the clarity that enables him to see through such people, and become free of blame.
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