31 Xian


Chopping Off
Your plea is heard. A good omen for taking a wife. There will be good fortune.
===   === Chop off his jowl, cheeks and tongue.
====x==== Chop off the loin. There will be no problems.
========= Omen of good fortune. Problems cease. “If you dither back and forth, a friend is thinking of you.”
========= Chop off his leg at the thigh. Hold up the marrow. To go on a journey will bring regret.
===   === Chop off his leg at the calf. Misfortune. For settlements, there will be good fortune.
===   === Chop off his big toe.
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62 Xiao Guo


The Young Surpass
Your plea is heard. Good omen. Small things are possible; big things are not. A flying bird leaves behind its cry. It is not proper to go up, but proper to go down. Great good fortune.
===   === He does not meet him, but passes him by. The flying bird, he leaves it. Misfortune. This means disaster.
===   === Dark clouds are building in the west, but there is no rain. The duke shot and bagged it in its hole.
========= No harm will come. He does not pass over, but faces him. Going on a journey is dangerous. You must be cautious. Do not use this omen for a long-term query.
========= He does not pass over but stands up to him. So someone may injure him. Misfortune.
===   === He passes over his ancestor and faces the ancestress. He will not reach his lord, but will meet his minister. No harm will come.
===   === A flying bird. With it will come misfortune.