噬嗑

21 Shi He


Bite and Chew
Your plea is heard. It is time to take legal action.
====x==== With his head in a cangue, his ears are cut off. There will be misfortune.
===   === He takes a bite of dried meat, and gets a piece of bronze. Omen of danger. No harm will come.
========= He takes a bite of dried meat on the bone, and gets a bronze arrowhead. A good omen in times of difficulty. There will be good fortune.
===   === He takes a bite of cured meat, and gets a taste of poison. There will be some regret, but no great harm.
===   === He takes a bite of fresh meat, and his nose is cut off. No great harm.
========= With his ankles shackled, his toes are cut off. No great harm.

51 Zhen


Earthquake
Your plea is heard. Tremors come – “shock-shock”. Laughter and gossip – “ha-ha”. The quake will alarm hundreds of villages, but not a ladle of sacrificial wine is spilled.
===   === Tremors “smash-smash”. He looks around “blink-blink”. An attack will bring misfortune. The tremor harms his neighbor, not himself. No trouble. There is talk about the marriage match.
===   === Tremors come and go – so alarming. There may be no loss. Perform services.
========= Tremors are followed by mudslides.
===   === Tremors “shake-shake”. Tremors shift. There will be no calamity.
===   === Tremors come – so alarming, he may lose cowry shells climbing the Nine Hills. Do not search for them; you will get them in seven days.
========= Tremors came – “shock-shock”, then there was laughter and gossip – “ha-ha”. Good fortune.