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Twenty-Fifth Hexagram
Thunder rolls
beneath Heaven,
as is its nature and place:
Sage rulers aligned themselves
with the changing seasons,
nurturing and guiding
their subjects to do the same.
Exceptional progress
if you are mindful
to keep out of the way
of the natural Flow.
It would be a fatal error
to try to alter its course.
This is a time of Being,
not Doing.
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Changing Lines
Line Six
Any action,
however innocent,
will bring misfortune.
Stand fast.
Line Five
No medicine
will treat this malady.
Its cause was internal,
as will be its cure.
Line Four
No mistakes
if your aim
remains true.
Line Three
An innocent man
is unjustly accused
of the theft of an ox
taken by a drifter.
His very simplicity
will acquit him.
Line Two
Plow your field
for a field well-plowed,
not for possible harvests.
Clear the wasteland
for land well-cleared,
not for potential rich fields.
Such guileless enterprise
can't help but succeed.
Line One
A guileless nature
reaps good fortune.
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