Diminishing
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else. –Emerson Hexagram 41 B y: James Byrd I.The Oracle A. Hexagram forty- one is Sun or Diminishing. Another interpretation is Decrease. The lower trigram is Dui : open, swamp or forest. The upper trigram is Gen : bound or mountain. B. The Judgment 1. Decrease combined with sincerity Brings about supreme good fortune Without blame. One may be persevering in this. 2. It furthers one to undertake something. How is this to be carried out? One may use two small bowls for the sacrifice. C. The Image 1. At the foot of the mountain, the lake: a) The image of Decrease. b) Thus the superior man contro...