Hexagram 16

Enthusiasm

Also: Delight, Providing For

☳ Thunder over ☷ Earth

The Judgment

Enthusiasm. It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching.

The Image

Thunder comes resounding out of the earth. Thus the ancient kings made music to honor merit, and offered it with splendor to the Supreme Deity, inviting their ancestors to be present.

The Lines

Line 1

Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune.

Line 2

Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Line 3

Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.

Line 4

The source of enthusiasm. One achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair.

Line 5

Persistently ill, and still does not die.

Line 6

Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, there is no blame.

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