1 Qian


The Vigorous
Your primary plea is heard. A good omen.
See the gathered dragon without a head. There will be good fortune.
====x==== Setting dragon. There will be problems.
========= The dragon flies in the skies. It is time to see the great one.
====x==== Now it springs up from the deep. No harm will come.
========= The nobleman is vigorous all day and wary by night. Omen of danger. No harm will come.
========= See the dragon rising in the fields. It is time to see the great one.
====x==== Hiding dragon. Do not use this omen.

48 Jing


The Well
The town is moved, but not the well. There will be neither loss nor gain. They come up and go, welling up, but the rope does not reach the depth of the well, and he breaks his jug. There will be misfortune.
===   === If the well is retired, do not cover it. There will be capture. Great good fortune.
========= The well water is clear; its cool spring is drunk from.
===   === The well is tiled. No harm will come.
========= The well water surges; it is not drunk. My heart is sad since it can be used to draw water. The king will make a covenant. All will receive mutual blessings.
========= He shoots fish in the well bottom. His crock is cracked and leaky.
===   === The well water is muddy and is not drunk. At an old well there is no game.