無妄

25 Wu Wang


Pestilence
Your primary plea is heard. A good omen. His misconduct brings disaster. It is not the right time to go on a journey.
========= Pestilence. There will be disaster in traveling. No signs are favorable.
========= The pestilence disease. Without medicine there will be a joyous recovery.
========= Omen or approval. No harm will come.
===   === The pestilence disaster. If tied to an ox, what the traveler will gain is what the townspeople will lose.
===   === “Do not plow, and reap a crop. Break no ground, and the land is tilled.” So now is the time to go on a journey.
====x==== Pestilence. Going on a journey will bring good fortune.

12 Pi


Wrongdoing
Wrong are the non-human. Not a good omen for the nobleman. The great departs and the small arrives.
========= Overthrow the wrongdoer. First there is wrongoing. Later there is joy.
========= He ceases wrongdoing. There will be good fortune for the great one. No more! No more! Tie it to a bundled mulberry.
========= We have a mandate. No harm will come. A pair of lia-birds. Blessings are bestowed.
===   === Bundle and proffer it.
===   === Bundle the offering. For the lowborn there will be good fortune. For the great one it is wrong. Your plea is heard.
===   === Pull up the thatch grass and with it come the roots. Omen of good fortune. Your plea is heard.