Hexagram 41 · Sun · Decrease

King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)

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Decrease: sincerity — supreme good fortune, no blame, can persevere. Favorable to go. How to use? Two bowls suffice for sacrifice. 1. Finish quickly and go. No blame. But decrease what needs decreasing. 2. Perseverance furthers. Going: misfortune. Increase without decreasing. 3. Three people journey — decrease by one. One journeys — finds a friend. 4. Decrease your ailment. Make haste to find joy. No blame. 5. Someone increases by ten pairs of tortoise shells — cannot refuse. Supreme good fortune. 6. Increase without decreasing. No blame. Good fortune. Favorable to go. Obtain servants without a house.