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.
========= Chop off the loin. There will be no problems.
====x==== 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.
=== o === Chop off his leg at the calf. Misfortune. For settlements, there will be good fortune.
===   === Chop off his big toe.

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.