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______ Hexagram Thirteen:  
       T'ung Yen / Social Mechanism

Heaven reflects 
the Flame of clarity:
The Superior Person 
analyzes the various levels 
and working parts
of the social structure, 
and uses them to advantage.

Success
if you keep to your course.
You may cross to the far shore. 


Hexagram Thirteen/Line One:
Sincere affection in the open.
Why should anything 
so deep and genuine
cause embarrassment or shame?


Hexagram Thirteen/Line Two:
The clan holds tightly,
armed against outsiders.
This inbreeds fear and cruelty,
which can only give birth
to strife and extinction.


Hexagram Thirteen/Line Three:
You hold with unworthy allies.


Hexagram Thirteen/Line Four:
He greets them cordially,
but from a high vantage point
with secreted weapons close at hand.
His mistrust will slowly dissipate
and good fortune will return.


Hexagram Thirteen/Line Five:
He is drawn to another.
He fights the attraction fiercely,
but his later surrender brings joy.


Hexagram Thirteen/Line Six:
He meets with others
in the meadow.
There all are in the open, 
none may remain hidden.
No remorse.

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