39 Jian


Stumbling
The south and west are favorable; the north and east are not. It is time to see the great one. Omen of good fortune.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is prominent coming back. Good fortune. It is time to see the great one.
====x==== Great is his lameness. Friends will arrive.
===   === He stumbles ahead and comes back in a carriage.
====x==== He stumbles ahead and tumbles back.
=== o === The king's minister stumbles and falls, through no fault of his own.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is praised coming back.

7 Shi


Army Troops
Omen of good fortune for an older man. No harm will come.
===   === The great lord has the mandate. He founds states and sires clans. This omen is of no use to the lowborn.
===   === They bag game in the hunt. Now is the time to question captives. No harm will come. The elder brother leads the troops; the younger carts the corpse. Omen of misfortune.
===   === The army camps to the left. No harm will come.
===   === Someone in the army carts a corpse. There will be misfortune.
========= That he is in the army is fortunate. No harm will come. Thrice the king bestowed his commands.
===   === The army troops march off in tune. It will not be good. There will be misfortune.