16 Yu


The Elephant
It is good to establish feudal officers and to field troops.
===   === An elephant in the dark. If completed, there will be change for the worse. No harm will come.
===   === Omen of illness. It will be long, but the patient does not die.
========= Using an elephant. There will be a bountiful harvest. Do not doubt that your friends will soon join you.
=== o === A wistful elephant. Problematic. If you wait, there will be problems.
===   === Wall it off with rocks, but not all day long. Omen of good fortune.
===   === A trumpeting elephant. There will be misfortune.
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62 Xiao Guo


The Young Surpass
Your plea is heard. Good omen. Small things are possible; big things are not. A flying bird leaves behind its cry. It is not proper to go up, but proper to go down. Great good fortune.
===   === He does not meet him, but passes him by. The flying bird, he leaves it. Misfortune. This means disaster.
===   === Dark clouds are building in the west, but there is no rain. The duke shot and bagged it in its hole.
========= No harm will come. He does not pass over, but faces him. Going on a journey is dangerous. You must be cautious. Do not use this omen for a long-term query.
========= He does not pass over but stands up to him. So someone may injure him. Misfortune.
===   === He passes over his ancestor and faces the ancestress. He will not reach his lord, but will meet his minister. No harm will come.
===   === A flying bird. With it will come misfortune.