28 February 2014
Hexagram 01, line 5 & 6, surplus text
Fifth line 飛龍在天.利見大人. Daren 大人 (see also line 2) can refer to a person in a high position, like the nobility. In the Shijing 詩經 it is used as the title for a…
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