4 Meng


Ignorance
“I do not beg of you, ignorant youth; it is you who beg of me. For the first cast of the stalks I shall tell your fortune; if you continue by casting a second and third time, I will not tell.” Your plea is heard. A good omen.
====x==== Attacking ignorance. It is not the time to be a bandit. It is time to ward them off.
=== o === Youthful ignorance. There will be good fortune.
===   === Suffering ignorance. There will be regret.
=== o === Do not use this omen to take a wife. Seeing a bronze man without a body. No signs are favorable.
====x==== Wrapping up ignorance. Good fortune. Bring in a wife. Good fortune. Now the son will sustain the family.
===   === Letting go of ignorance. Now is the time to use the punished. Remove the manacles and shackles so they can walk. There will be regret.

39 Jian


Stumbling
The south and west are favorable; the north and east are not. It is time to see the great one. Omen of good fortune.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is prominent coming back. Good fortune. It is time to see the great one.
========= Great is his lameness. Friends will arrive.
===   === He stumbles ahead and comes back in a carriage.
========= He stumbles ahead and tumbles back.
===   === The king's minister stumbles and falls, through no fault of his own.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is praised coming back.