The great fruit remained uneaten; the noble man gained a carriage, while the petty man lost his shelter!
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"": "This hexagram had Earth below and Mountain above: Mountain over Earth: Splitting Apart.
Splitting apart. It was unfavorable to venture anywhere.
First six: the bed was stripped at its feet. Disregard. Persistence brought misfortune!
Six two: the bed was stripped at its frame. Disregard. Persistence brought misfortune!
Six three: splitting apart, without blame.
Six four: the bed was stripped down to the skin. Misfortune!
Six five: a string of fish, favored like palace attendants. Nothing was unfavorable.
Top nine: the great fruit remained uneaten; the noble man gained a carriage, while the petty man lost his shelter.
The entire hexagram had one yang line and five yin lines. Yin prevailed, while yang waned.
The first four lines all foretold great misfortune. They represented yin stripping away yang, symbolizing a towering mountain eroded by wind and rain, its rocks peeling away as the world changed.
The six five line meant accepting everything and connecting with all the yin lines-the things stripping away his yang side. He also had to submit to the one in control to receive favor and dispel every unfavorable circumstance.
As for the last line, it signified the formation of a great fruit. There were two choices: he could gain everyone's support!
Huo Yi had stripped away everything that might win him support. In that case, even his last place of shelter would be taken from him!
"A place of shelter... a house?"
Luo Bin's brow furrowed deeply. The noble man gained a carriage, while the petty man lost his shelter. That shelter did indeed refer to a house. Hexagrams generally did not speak in mere literal terms. Take Bai Xian: his divination had shown that she would be trapped in a prison and bound with ropes. That was the hexagram's meaning. Unless