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Eighteenth Hexagram
Winds sweep through the Mountain valley:
The Superior Person
sweeps away
corruption and stagnation
by stirring up the people
and strengthening their spirit.
Supreme success.
Before crossing
to the far shore,
consider the move
for three days.
After crossing,
devote three days
of hard labor
to damage control.
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Changing Lines
Line Six
Refusing to serve
the conquerors of nations,
he sets out to conquer hearts.
Line Five
Setting right the father's ruins,
The son receives honors.
Line Four
Tolerating the malpractices of the father
will lead the son to ruin.
Line Three
Restoring what his father damaged.
Some regrets, but no great mistakes.
Line Two
Correcting his mother's error,
a son must not be too strident.
Line One
Correcting his father's error,
a son treads dangerously close to dishonor.
Yet sparing his father from blame
brings good fortune in the end.
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