The Kieh Hexagram:

In the state indicated by Kieh advantage will be found in the south-west. If no further operations be called for, there will be good fortune in coming back to the old conditions. If some operations be called for, there will be good fortune in the early conducting of them.

1. The lowest six, shows that its subject will commit no error.

2. The second nine, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow = golden arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.

3. The third six, shows a porter with his burden, yet riding in a carriage. He will only tempt robbers to attack him. However firm and correct he may try to be, there will be cause for regret.

4. To the subject of the fourth nine, it is said, 'Remove your toes. Friends will then come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.'

5. The fifth six, shows its subject, the superior man = the ruler, executing his function of removing whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram, in which case there will he good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men.

6. In the topmost six, we see a feudal prince with his bow shooting at a falcon on the top of a high wall, and hitting it. The effect of his action will be in every way advantageous.

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