Credit |  Goodie's I Ching - #40 Deliverance (Hexagram) - YouTube Goodie's "Unauthentic" Reading IChing - #40 Deliverance (Hexagram) The card illustration is drawn by illustrator AmoLime. The following is the overall description of the image. The illustration of this card depicts a scene from a Korean traditional novel, Chunhyangjeon . In the last part of the story, a secret royal inspector comes to reveal the corruption of a regional government official and rescue the main heroine. This scene corresponds to the main meaning of the hexagram, which symbolizes the clue to the solution. The woman in pillory is the heorine of the story. The man in white is the inspector, and he is revealing a horse medal, which is a symbol of royal official. The local officer wearing a colorful dress looks at the medal, gets surprised, and is about to run away. Credit |  Goodie's I Ching - #40 Deliverance (Hexagram) - YouTube ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Credit |  40.Deliverance - YouTube The Lines Bottom. [6] The struggle with obstructions and difficulties is over. Normalcy returns, and new opportunities present themselves. The man now has time to relax and recover his equilibrium. He can make plans for progress and good fortune. 2. [9] Inferior men are still around, but their time is past. They can easily be removed from the scene, and then the struggle is completely over. It is not necessary to take vigorous action, which might instead spoil the time of recovery. Taking the high ground and adhering totally to what is right will provide the personal strength necessary to complete the final phases of deliverance . 3. [6] When a man of modest means escapes from difficulties into an easier lifestyle, he may feel tempted to make a display of his newly acquired freedom. He may even want to boast of his good fortune to perfect strangers, and brag about the advantages he now enjoys. But this would be a big mistake, because it attract...

Credit |  22. Grace - YouTube The Lines Bottom. [9] A novice who is not really the kind of person who should put on a big show must take responsibility for his own progress and how he conducts himself. He avoids pretentiousness, and if there is an opportunity to pretend he is someone he is not, or that he is of a rank that he does not deserve, the person of integrity rejects such artificiality. He prefers to be who he is and present himself as he is, rather than gaining ground by being a fake. 2. [6] To turn one's entire attention to form and appearances betrays a certain egocenteredness. Such a man is not bent on accomplishing any great and substantial work, but only in having the appearance of someone who is important. He spends all his time and effort on cultivating that appearance rather than actually performing the necessary work. Only when his own accomplishments are coordinated with the image he portrays is he without blame. 3. [9] After a man has made a certain amount of...

Credit |  45.Coming Together - YouTube The Lines Bottom. [6] A group of people are searching for someone to lead them, but they are confused because every member has a different idea about what kind of person it should be. Nevertheless, if they will express their needs and wants to prospective candidates, the right man will reach out to them, and they will know immediately that he is the correct leader for them. By choosing someone who responds to their needs -- someone who their hearts tell them is the right person to lead them -- they will make no mistakes and will avoid choosing the wrong person. 2. [6] The forces that draw people together are generally below the level of consciousness, and it is best not to try to analyze the attraction too minutely. People come together because it feels right, and because they gain a sense of positive reinforcement from associating with a certain group of other people. This is reason enough, and a person will make no mistakes follow his intu...

Credit |  Goodie's I Ching - #45 Gathering Together (Hexagram) - YouTube About The Image: Goodie's "Unauthentic" Reading IChing - #45 Gathering Together (Hexagram) The card illustration is drawn by illustrator AmoLime. The following is the overall description of the image. The background of this image is simple; the earth is on the bottom half, and a lake is in the upper part. A man and a woman is having a wedding ceremony in Korean traditional style. The traditional book of I-Ching says that this hexagram symbolizes that people are gathering together in order to carry out a national ceremony. In fact, the ceremony depicted in the book os a memorial service for royal ancestors, but this card image illustrates the ceremony as a wedding, in which two people becomes one with joy and many guests also come together to celebrate the happy occasion. Please Comment, Like and Share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Korean mythology | Sun & Moon The Sun and the Moon In the world before the sun and the moon, only the stars existed. It was in these early days that there lived siblings: Haesik (해식) the older brother and Dalsun (달순) the younger sister. Their mother was a poor peasant woman who sold rice-cakes for a living. The mother was returning from the village one day when she was encountered by a tiger perched on a hill demanding a rice-cake in exchange for sparing her life. She gave it to him and the tiger went away, only to appear before her at the next hill; this time demanding two rice cakes. She gave him the cakes, only to find him again on the third hill, this time asking for four rice cakes. When the mother finally ran out of rice cakes to feed him, the tiger threatened to devour her. The mother pleaded, saying she was the sole mother of two children. Upon hearing this the tiger's hunger grew even more vicious. He devoured the mother and th...