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Thirty-Sixth Hexagram
Warmth and Light
are swallowed by
deep Darkness:
The Superior Person
shows his brilliance
by keeping it veiled
among the masses.
Stay true to your course,
despite the visible obstacles
ahead.
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Changing Lines
Line Six
Its broken wing mended,
the pheasant is released
to its fate.
Realizing that darkness co-exists
with the light in his own heart,
the man transcends the bonds
of good and evil,
and freely roams
the heights of Heaven
and the bowels of Hell.
Line Five
The wounded pheasant
is captured.
Despite its fright,
this is a turn for the better.
Line Four
The pheasant senses danger
and flees the jaws of the trap.
Descending
into the belly of the beast,
the man beholds
the true face of evil.
In revulsion and despair,
he flees what he knows
he can never defeat.
Line Three
The wounded pheasant hesitates
outside the grain-filled cage.
The man chases
the agent of darkness
back into the night,
risking his own safety
in the shadowy domain.
Line Two
The grieving pheasant
has a wounded left wing.
The agent of darkness
wounds the man
in his left thigh.
Still the man
helps others to safety
with the strength of a horse.
Line One
The pheasant's wings
falter and droop
from exhaustion.
The man wanders
three days without eating.
He goes where he must,
though scorn awaits him.
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