11 Tai


Grandeur
The small departs and the great arrives. There will be good fortune. Your plea is heard. Pull up the thatch grass and with it come the roots. An attack will bring good fortune.
===   === From the city came the orders. Omen of regret.
===   === The wall fell into the moat. Do not use this omen to field troops.
=== o === Di Yi joyfully gave his daughter in marriage. There will be great good fortune.
========= He flutters about. You will not prosper on account of your neighbor. You will be captured on account of negligence.
====x==== “There is no plain that does not rise; there is no trip without return.” Omen of difficulty. There will be no harm. Do not worry. There will be fortune in his capture at dinner.
========= A bundle is discarded. With this omen you may cross the river. It will not be left far behind nor be forgotten. A boon will come en route.

55 Feng


The Royal Capital
Your plea is heard. The king approaches. Do not grieve. It is appropriate. It is in the middle of the sun.
===   === His house in the capital, in the shadow of his home. Peer through the door; it is vacant and no one is there. For three years no one is seen. Misfortune.
===   === He comes to Shang. There will be celebration and joy. Good fortune.
========= The capital in shadow, the Ladle appears in the middle of the sun. He will meet a lord of Yi. Good fortune.
========= The capital under a veil, stars appear in the middle of the sun. He will break his right bow. No harm will come.
===   === The capital in shadow, the Ladle appears in the middle of the sun. One who takes a journey will get the doubting disease. There will be captives, as if commencing. Good fortune.
========= He will meet his noble counterpart. For a cycle of ten days at least, no harm will come. To go on a journey will be rewarded.