4 Meng


Ignorance
“I do not beg of you, ignorant youth; it is you who beg of me. For the first cast of the stalks I shall tell your fortune; if you continue by casting a second and third time, I will not tell.” Your plea is heard. A good omen.
====x==== Attacking ignorance. It is not the time to be a bandit. It is time to ward them off.
===   === Youthful ignorance. There will be good fortune.
===   === Suffering ignorance. There will be regret.
===   === Do not use this omen to take a wife. Seeing a bronze man without a body. No signs are favorable.
====x==== Wrapping up ignorance. Good fortune. Bring in a wife. Good fortune. Now the son will sustain the family.
===   === Letting go of ignorance. Now is the time to use the punished. Remove the manacles and shackles so they can walk. There will be regret.

2 Kun


The Compliant
Your primary plea is heard. The omen is favorable for a mare. On a journey if the nobleman leads he will lose the way; if he follows he will gain a ruler. Now is the time to find friends in the southwest; you will lose them in the northeast. Omen of peace. There will be good fortune.
===   === The dragon fights beyond the fields. Their blood is dark and yellow.
===   === Yellow robes. There will be great good fortune.
===   === Tie up the sacks. No harm will come, nor will there be praise.
===   === The pattern holds. Omen of approval. One who serves the king has no expectations. There will be a good end.
===   === Inspect the outlying lands. It will be great. It should not be repeated. All signs are favorable.
===   === Frost is underfoot. A hard freeze is coming.