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.
========= Attacking ignorance. It is not the time to be a bandit. It is time to ward them off.
===   === Youthful ignorance. There will be good fortune.
===   === Suffering ignorance. There will be regret.
===   === 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.

23 Bo


Cutting
Now is not a good time to go on a journey.
========= The plump fruits are not eaten. The nobleman gained a carriage. The lowborn man cut down his hut.
===   === The palace ladies are favored with a stringer of fish. Unfavorable for nothing.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his skin. Misfortune.
===   === They cut it up. There will be no regret.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his knees. Omen of destruction. Misfortune.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his feet. Omen of destruction. Misfortune.