中孚

61 Zhong Fu


Score the Capture
Piglets and fishes. Good fortune. Now is the time to cross the great river. Good omen.
========= Wings flapping, it rises up to heaven. Omen of misfortune.
========= There are captives tied up together. No harm will come.
===   === The moon is almost full. One of the teamed horses bolts. No harm will come.
=== o === They get the enemy. Some are drumming; some are resting. Some are weeping, some singing.
====x==== A crane calls. In the shade its chicks respond. “Here is a beaker of wine. I will drink it with you.”
====x==== Good fortune for the gamekeeper. There will be unexpected injury and no rest.

53 Jian


Progression
Send a girl off as a bride. Good fortune. Good omen.
========= The wild goose progresses to high land. Its feathers can be used in the dance. Good fortune.
========= The wild goose reaches the hills. The wife will not conceive for three years. In the end no one can overcome it. Good fortune.
===   === The wild goose advances to the tree. Perhaps you will get your roof beams. No harm will come.
========= The wild goose progresses to high land. The husband goes to war and does not return. The wife is pregnant but will not give birth. There will be misfortune. Now is the time to defend against bandits.
===   === The wild goose reaches an outcropping. They eat and drink, “cronk-cronk”. Good fortune.
===   === The wild goose advances to the bank of the river. Dangerous for a child. There will be talk. No harm will come.