38 Kui


A Sighting
In small matters there will be good fortune.
========= Sighting the fox, he sees pigs covered in mud and a cartload of ghosts. At first he draws his bow, and then he releases it. “No thieves here, only a wedding pair.” If you go on a journey and meet with rain, there will be good fortune.
===   === Problems disappear. Their ancestor bites into the flesh. What harm will there be in going on a journey?
====x==== Sighting the fox. Meeting the headman. You will exchange captives. Dangerous, but no harm will come.
===   === Seeing a wagon dragging, its oxen held back, its man branded with his nose cut off. What has no beginning will have an end.
========= Meeting the master in the lane. No harm will come.
========= Problems disappear. A lost horse. It will return by itself without a search. Seeing a hideous man. No harm will come.

41 Sun


Decrease
There will be captives. Great good fortune will come and no harm. What to use? Two tureens can be used for the plea. Omen of approval. Now is the time to go on a journey.
========= They will not be diminished; it increases them. No harm will come. Omen of good fortune. Now is the time to go on a journey. You will gain a servant without a home.
===   === If increased by a turtle worth ten double strings of cowry shells, you cannot oppose. There will be great good fortune.
===   === It shortened the illness, and accelerated the prospect of joy. No harm will come.
===   === Three people walking will be decreased by one. One person walking will gain a friend.
========= A good omen. Attacking will bring misfortune. They will not be diminished; it increases them.
========= The sacrificial service goes with haste. There will be no harm. As for libations, reduce them.