Detailed Explanation of the Sixty-Four Hexagrams_The Seventeenth Hexagram: Ze Lei Sui

The sixty-four hexagrams in the Book of Changes reflect sixty-four different matters, situations, phenomena, the philosophy of life under specific circumstances, and the operating laws of nature through the combination of sixty-four hexagrams. It can be used to analyze whether things are good or bad, so what is the seventh hexagram of the sixty-four hexagrams? Come to the physiognomy column to find out now.

Image says: After walking in the mud for several years, the cart is now leaning against a cliff. Now you should make more effort and climb up the cliff to make a fortune.

This hexagram is composed of two different hexagrams (Zhen on the lower side and Dui on the upper side). Zhen represents thunder and movement; Dui represents joy. To move with joy is to “follow”. Sui means mutual obedience, one's own things follow things and things follow one's own things, and they communicate with each other. Following must be in accordance with the time and trend, with principles and conditions, and steadfastness as the premise.

Image: Zhen wood is under Dui Ze, the wood will drift with the water, and "follow" means to go with the flow.

Career: If you have a correct assessment of society and life, value interpersonal relationships, and are good at cooperating with others, your career will be very smooth. In order to ensure further success, we must not be greedy for small profits, learn from people who are better than us, follow the good, be honest, and work hard to develop our careers.

Business: Smooth. With sincere cooperation with others, the desired goal can be achieved. In the competition, we should keep a clear head, consider the big picture and the long-term, abide by business ethics, and maintain a sincere attitude towards customers and peers, so as to maintain our competitive advantage.

Seeking fame: On the basis of your own hard study, learn humbly from teachers and mentors who are virtuous and talented, and with the help of external forces, promote faster progress and realize personal ideals.

Going out: auspicious. You can change the situation.

Marriage and love: If both parties are in love, they can be successful and have a harmonious family. However, if they are obsessed with love, it will affect the careers of both parties, so be careful.

Decision: The path of personal growth is not very smooth, but because of humility, easy-going nature, good interpersonal relationships, and especially the respect of elders, you can succeed in all kinds of things with the help and care of others. But we must be careful to follow the proper positions and principles of others, and not to curry favor with others and bring disaster upon ourselves.

Original text of Zhouyi hexagrams and lines

Sui: Yuanhenglizhen, no fault.

The first nine: The official will be changed, and it will be auspicious if you are steadfast. Going out to make friends is rewarding.

6.2: Tie up the boy and lose the husband.

63: Tie up the husband and lose the son. If you seek and obtain something, it is beneficial to remain steadfast.

Nine four: There will be gains if you follow, but being steadfast will bring disaster. If one has faith in the way and is clear in it, what fault can there be?

Nine and five: Trust in good things, auspicious.

Top Six: Constrain it, and then follow it. Wang Yongheng lived in the Western Mountains.

"Sui" hexagram: Everything will go smoothly, the divination will be beneficial and there will be no harm.

The last Yang Yao: There is an accident in the hotel. The divination is auspicious because it is beneficial for people who go out to help each other.

The second to last Yin Yao: Tie up the little slave and let the big slave run away.

The third Yin Yao from the bottom: Tie up the big slave, the little slave runs away, track him and find him. Asking about the residence is favorable.

The fourth Yang line from the last: Going outside together will bring gains (but conflicts are inevitable), so the divination is ominous. There were prisoners on the road,

What harm is there in making an alliance?

The fifth Yang line from the bottom: Plundering in beauty, auspicious.

The top Yin Yao: detain and tie him up, and then persuade him. King Wen of Zhou used him to offer sacrifices to Mount Qi.

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