The lines of hexagram 43

  For the meaning of Eminent - expansion. Harvest - determination click HERE 
'Capital' is wall + seal: government authority.
  Line 2. Wilhelm has ' A cry of alarm. Arms at evening and at night. Fear nothing'. 'Cry of alarm' is literally 'guard against number/mark'), 'Evening' also means 'not' and is elsewhere in the Yijing translated that way. 'Fear' means sympathize, pity, care for. So 'fear nothing' rather means 'stay free emotionally'.
  Line 3. 'Overwhelmed .. anger': may be 'as if soaking - makes angry'.
  Line 4. F. Fiedeler comments: " to show one's flesh and lead a sheep" is an expression known in the historic Chronicle `Zhuochuan` meaning to subordinate in order not to face the worst. The sheep was known as an animal of luck. Sheep and goat are the same character, no distinction was made between them.
  Line 5. The first character is Amaranth or other edible greens (with a tiny stroke added: huan, mountain sheep, like in several translations). Amaranth means 'not withering', longevity. The leaves stay green for a very long time, amaranth land means you have food for most of the year. Nothing fancy but sustaining. Solid work achieves that that quality.
  Top line: the second character, hào, is name, number, mark, yell, howl, but also an 'unshakable' appellation, like slogans or the 'facts' of propaganda. They tell everyone about an important cause.

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