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King Wen Order: 3 | Binary: 100010 | Leibniz Order: 35 | Genetic Code: GUG
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DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING works supreme success, Furthering through perseverance. Nothing should be undertaken. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
元亨，利贞，勿用有攸往，利建侯。
Horse and wagon part. Bloody tears flow.
上六：乘马班如，泣血涟如。
Difficulties in blessing. A little perseverance brings good fortune. Great perseverance brings misfortune.
九五：屯其膏，小贞吉，大贞凶。
Horse and wagon part. Strive for union. To go brings good fortune. Everything acts to further.
六四：乘马班如，求婚媾，往吉，无不利。
Whoever hunts deer without the forester Only loses his way in the forest. The superior man understands the signs of the time And prefers to desist. To go on brings humiliation.
六三：即鹿无虞，惟入于林中，君子几不如舍，往吝。
Difficulties pile up. Horse and wagon part. He is not a robber; He wants to woo when the time comes. The maiden is chaste, She does not pledge herself. Ten years--then she pledges herself.
六二：屯如邅如，乘马班如。匪寇婚媾，女子贞不字，十年乃字。
Hesitation and hindrance. It furthers one to remain persevering. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
初九：磐桓；利居贞，利建侯。