35. Chin / Aspiration
(Fire above Earth)
Description
The Sun shines down upon the Earth:
Constantly honing and refining his brilliance, the Superior Person is a Godsend to his people.
They repay his benevolence with a herd of horses, and he is granted audience three times in a single day.
Promotion.
Analysis
This is a time of reward for good works.
Those you have helped want to show their gratitude.
Benefits come both from on high and from the humble you uplifted.
Accept all gifts graciously, though the reward may not be what you truly need or hoped for.
Some may bestow more than they can afford to give, but you must realize that they need to feel that they have repaid you.
Changing Lines
Line 1
Meet their distrust with tolerance and benevolence; such graciousness will wear away any heart of stone.
Line 2
You advance in sorrow, but this path leads to good fortune.
Accept the boon of a wise woman.
Line 3
He is chosen unanimously to carry out the will of the people.
All self-doubt vanishes.
Line 4
Scurrying like a mouse.
Such blind panic increases the danger.
Line 5
Advancing along this path will prove rewarding if you don't lose your focus with visions of success or failure.
Line 6
Though politically perilous, it is wiser to put infidels within your own city walls to the sword, rather than lead a Crusade to convert faraway lands.