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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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