A tied-up bag I Ching with Clarity podcast – I Ching with Clarity

Question:







'What do I need to know as I prepare to finish this book and send it out into the world?'







Answer: Hexagram 2, Earth, changing at lines 4 and 6 to 35, Advancing:











changing to











As Kat and I discussed this one in this latest podcast episode, we mentioned...









* The glorious Hyperbole and a Half







* 35 as relating hexagram







* Why dragons fight in Hexagram 2 line 6









...and also the ancient form of a couple of words from the text: shi, 'power', as in the Image of Hexagram 2 -









'Power of the land: Earth.A noble one, with generous character, carries all the beings.'









- has two components: 'strength', and this one, which is purely phonetic, showing a human figure about to plant a seedling:







From Chinese etymology







And then we also talked about yu, 'praise' - you can see early forms of that one here.







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