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China Adoption, Chinese Infant Adoption - Category: The I Ching China Adoption Blog Adoption Blogs >China Adoption Blog >The I Ching Go to Page: 1 2 3 4 Next 07/03/07 Book of Changes - Hexagram 35: Jin Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 08:16 am , 464 words, 113 views Categories: The I Ching So, here we go with the next drive-by reading of the I Ching, with a lesson filled with sunshine and promises. Everything about this hexagram seems optimistic, although according to Wikipedia, variations on its name include "aquas," which makes no sense at all (shades of blue). What s the character mean The character for jin shows two swooping birds descending over the sun, and literally means to advance or go forward (onward and upward!). Master Huang here veers away from the dictionary and says... more Leave a comment SPONSOR 06/05/07 Book of Changes: Hexagram 34 - Da Zhuang Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 04:46 pm , 550 words, 119 views Categories: The I Ching Curious why this is in a blog about Chinese adoption Read this explanation. OK, back to my notes on the Big Text of Chinese Culture, gleaning advice from one of the world s best sources of wisdom. With da zhuang, we ve gone from the last chapter s Retreat to a position of power. Obviously, we weren t running... more Leave a comment 05/10/07 Book of Changes: Hexagram 33 - Dun Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:29 am , 538 words, 73 views Categories: The I Ching So, back to my notes on the I Ching, that cornerstone of Chinese culture. If you want to know China, there s no way around the I Ching. After the wise advice of the last hexagram, which was all about hanging in there and keeping on keeping on, we come to the inevitable stopping and backing away. Not all courses are worth following. What s the character mean The character for dun shows three footprints over a... more Leave a comment 03/30/07 And speaking of heng... ...