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__  __ Hexagram Two:  
       K'un / Receptive Force


Earth above 
and Earth below:
The Earth 
contains and sustains.
In this situation,
the Superior Person 
should not take 
the initiative;
he should follow 
the initiative 
of another.
He should seek 
receptive allies 
in the southwest;
he should break ties 
with immovable allies 
in the northeast.

Responsive devotion.
Receptive influence.
Sublime success
if you keep to your course.




Hexagram Two/Line One:
When frost 
crunches underfoot
can winter ice 
be far behind?


Hexagram Two/Line Two:
Straight, square, and true.
By being 
instead of doing,
nothing is left undone.


Hexagram Two/Line Three:
Hide your brilliance.
Feeling no threat,
they won't resist
the completion 
of your goal.
All you lose is credit 
for the accomplishment.



Hexagram Two/Line Four:
Be a tied-up sack,
letting your inner contents
remain unseen.
There will be no praise,
but also no blame.


Hexagram Two/Line Five:
A yellow robe.
Supreme good fortune.


Hexagram Two/Line Six:
The battling dragons
are too evenly matched.
Each spills 
black and yellow blood
to the soil below.

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