44 Gou


Encounter
The girl is strong. Do not use this omen to take a wife.
========= Encountering its horn. Regret, but no harm will come.
====x==== Bundle the gourd in willow. The pattern holds. Something will fall from heaven.
========= There is no fish in the bundle. Rising up will bring misfortune.
====x==== No flesh on his buttocks, his steps are hobbled. Danger. No great harm will come.
========= There is a fish in the bundle. No harm will come. It is not the time to be a guest.
=== o === Tied to a bronze spindle. Omen of good fortune. If there is somewhere to go, you will see misfortune. Bound pigs and captives buck and balk.

38 Kui


A Sighting
In small matters there will be good fortune.
========= Sighting the fox, he sees pigs covered in mud and a cartload of ghosts. At first he draws his bow, and then he releases it. “No thieves here, only a wedding pair.” If you go on a journey and meet with rain, there will be good fortune.
===   === Problems disappear. Their ancestor bites into the flesh. What harm will there be in going on a journey?
========= Sighting the fox. Meeting the headman. You will exchange captives. Dangerous, but no harm will come.
===   === Seeing a wagon dragging, its oxen held back, its man branded with his nose cut off. What has no beginning will have an end.
========= Meeting the master in the lane. No harm will come.
========= Problems disappear. A lost horse. It will return by itself without a search. Seeing a hideous man. No harm will come.