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__  __ Hexagram Thirty-Five:  
       Chin / Aspiration

The Sun shines down
upon the Earth:
Constantly honing
and refining his brilliance,
the Superior Person 
is a Godsend to his people.
They repay his benevolence
with a herd of horses,
and he is granted audience
three times in a single day.

Promotion.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line One:
Meet their distrust
with tolerance 
and benevolence;
such graciousness 
will wear away
any heart of stone.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line Two:
You advance in sorrow,
but this path 
leads to good fortune.
Accept the boon
of a wise woman.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line Three:
He is chosen unanimously
to carry out
the will of the people.
All self-doubt vanishes.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line Four:
Scurrying like a mouse.
Such blind panic
increases the danger.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line Five:
Advancing along this path
will prove rewarding
if you don't lose your focus
with visions of success
or failure.


Hexagram Thirty-Five/Line Six:
Though politically perilous,
it is wiser to put infidels
within your own city walls
to the sword,
rather than lead a Crusade
to convert faraway lands.

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