27 Yi


Jawbones
Omen of good fortune. Eye the mandible to see for yoursef what the mouth has to say.
========= Follow the mandible. Dangerous. There will be good fortune. Now is the time to ford the great river.
===   === Touch the firebrand. Omen of good fortune for occupying a settlement. It is not possible to ford the great river.
=== o === Turn a jawbone upside down. There will be good fortune. The tiger's gaze is piercing, its prey so far away. No harm will come.
===   === Touch the mandible. Omen of misfortune. For ten years you cannot act. No signs are favorable.
=== o === Turn a jawbone upside down; touch the firebrand to the crown. Attacking will bring misfortune.
========= Discard your sacred turtles; behold my racks of mandibles. Misfortune.

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.