中孚

61 Zhong Fu


Score the Capture
Piglets and fishes. Good fortune. Now is the time to cross the great river. Good omen.
====x==== Wings flapping, it rises up to heaven. Omen of misfortune.
====x==== 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.
===   === 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.”
========= Good fortune for the gamekeeper. There will be unexpected injury and no rest.

24 Fu


Return
Your plea is heard. When coming in or going out there will be no sickness. A friend arrives without difficulty and returns by the same path – a round trip of seven days. Now is the time to go on a journey.
===   === Losing the way back. Misfortune. There will be accidents. If this omen is used to marshal troops, a great defeat is assured, reaching to the ruler of the state. Misfortune. For ten years the army cannot attack.
===   === Urged to return. There will be no problems.
===   === Returning alone in the middle of a journey.
===   === Returning from the brink. Dangerous, but no harm will come.
===   === A lucky return. Good fortune.
========= Returning from a short journey. There will be no harm or trouble. Great good fortune.