{"id":2527,"date":"2018-05-15T20:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T01:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icic.com\/site\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2019-07-09T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T04:24:10","slug":"hertz-global-holdings-htz-under-ceo-kathryn-marinello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icic.com\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"Hertz Global Holdings HTZ under CEO Kathryn Marinello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\">\n<colgroup> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody valign=\"top\">\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; 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padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: solid 0.5pt; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">H<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">H<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">T<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; 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border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: solid 0.5pt; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; 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padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: solid 0.5pt; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">H<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">H<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">H<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #bfbfbf; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-right: solid 0.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>HEXAGRAM 24 \u2013 Fu &#8211; Return (The Turning Point)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Above\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0K&#8217;UN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Below\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CHEN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE AROUSING, THUNDER<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">idea<\/span> of a turning point arises from<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the fact that<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">after the dark lines have <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">pushed<\/span> all of the light lines upward and out of the hexagram,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">another light line <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">enters<\/span> the hexagram from below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">The time of darkness is past.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">The winter solstice brings the victory of light.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This hexagram is <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">linked with<\/span> the eleventh month,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the month of the <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">solstice<\/span> (December-January).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>THE JUDGMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">RETURN. Success.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Going out and coming in without error.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Friends come without blame.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">To and fro goes the way.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">On the seventh day comes return.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It furthers one to have somewhere to go.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">After a time of decay comes the turning point.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">The powerful light that has been banished returns.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There is <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">movement<\/span>, but<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">it <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">is not<\/span> brought about by force.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The upper trigram K&#8217;un is <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">characterized<\/span> by devotion;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">thus the movement is <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">natural,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">arising<\/span> spontaneously.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">For this reason the <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">transformation<\/span> of the old becomes easy.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">The old is discarded and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the new is introduced.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Both measures <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">accord<\/span> with the time;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">therefore <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">no harm<\/span> results.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">Societies of people sharing the same views are formed.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">But since these groups<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 72pt;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">come together in full public knowledge and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">are in harmony with the time,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">all selfish separatist tendencies are excluded, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">no mistake is made.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">The idea of RETURN is based on the course of nature.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">The movement is cyclic, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the course completes itself.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Therefore<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">it is not necessary to hasten anything artificially.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">Everything comes of itself at the appointed time.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This is the <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">meaning<\/span> of heaven and earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">All movements are accomplished in six stages, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the seventh brings return.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Thus<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the Winter solstice, with which the <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">decline<\/span> of the year begins,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">comes<\/span> in the seventh month after the summer solstice;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">so too<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">sunrise<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">comes<\/span> in the seventh double hour after <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">sunset<\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Therefore<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">seven<\/span> is the number of the young light, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">it <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">arises<\/span> when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In this way<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the state of rest gives place to movement.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>THE IMAGE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Thunder within the earth: The image of THE TURNING POINT.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Thus<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the kings of antiquity closed the passes At the time of solstice.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Merchants and strangers did not go about, And<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the ruler Did not travel through the provinces.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The winter solstice has always been celebrated in China as the <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">resting time<\/span> of the year \u2013<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">a <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">custom<\/span> that survives in the time of rest observed at the new year.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In winter the life energy, symbolized by thunder, the Arousing is still underground.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Movement is just at its <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">beginning<\/span>;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">therefore<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">it must be <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">strengthened<\/span> by rest,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">so that it will <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">not be dissipated<\/span> by being used prematurely.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">This principle, i.e., of allowing energy that is renewing itself to be reinforced by rest,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">applies to all similar situations.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The return of health after illness,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the return of understanding after an estrangement:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">everything must be <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">treated<\/span> tenderly and with care at the beginning,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">so that the return may <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">lead to<\/span> a flowering.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>THE LINES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;\">0 Nine at the beginning means:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Return from a short distance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">No need for remorse<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Great good fortune.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">Slight digressions<\/span> from the good cannot be avoided, but<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">one must <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">turn back in time<\/span>, before going too far.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">This is especially important in the development of character;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">every faintly evil thought must be put aside immediately, before it<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">goes too far and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">takes root in the mind.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Then<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">there is no cause for remorse, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">all goes well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;\">Six in the second place means:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Quiet return.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Good fortune.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">Return always<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">calls for a decision and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">is an act of self-mastery.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">It is made easier if a man is in good company.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">If<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">he can<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">bring himself to put aside pride and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">follow the example of good men,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">good fortune results.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;\">Six in the fourth place means:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Walking in the midst of others,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">One returns alone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A man<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">is in a society composed of inferior people, but<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">is connected spiritually with a strong and good friend, and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">this makes him turn back alone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Although <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">nothing<\/span> is said of reward and punishment,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">this return is certainly <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">favorable<\/span>,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">for such a resolve to choose the good <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">brings<\/span> its own reward.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;\">Six at the top means:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Missing the return. Misfortune.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Misfortune from within and without.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">If armies are set marching in this way,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">One will in the end suffer a great defeat,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Disastrous for the ruler of the country.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">For ten years It will not be possible to attack again.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">If<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">a man misses the right time for return,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">he meets with misfortune.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">The misfortune has its inner cause in a wrong attitude toward the world.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">The misfortune coming upon him from without results from this wrong attitude.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">What is pictured here is<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; background-color: yellow;\">blind obstinacy and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the judgment that is visited upon it.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MOVING HEXAGRAM<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>HEXAGRAM 64 &#8211; Wei Chi &#8211; Before Completion<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Above\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Li\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE CLINGING, FLAME<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Below\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0K&#8217;AN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE ABYSMAL, WATER<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This hexagram indicates a time when<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">the transition from disorder to order is not yet completed.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The change is indeed prepared for,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">since<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">all the lines in the upper trigram are in relation to those in the lower (1).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">However,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">they <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">are not yet<\/span> in their places.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">While<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the preceding hexagram offers an analogy to <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">autumn,<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">which forms the transition<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">from summer to winter,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">this hexagram presents a parallel to <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">spring,<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">which leads out of winter&#8217;s stagnation into<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the fruitful time of summer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">With this hopeful outlook the Book of Changes comes to its close.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>THE JUDGMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">BEFORE COMPLETION.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Success.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">But if the little fox, after nearly completing the crossing,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Gets his tail in the water,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There is nothing that would further.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The conditions are difficult.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The task is great and full of responsibility.<br 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