Zhuge Oracle Lesson 122

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Zhuge Oracle Lesson 122 “Stop, and stop, and stop”: Success and failure, gain and loss, all stem from the fixed turning of cause and effect; there is no need to force things.

From the complete 384-lesson Zhuge Shen Shu (Zhuge Oracle) system.

Oracle Text

Stop, and stop, and stop;
there is an end, and there is a start;
like the moon, and like the flower—
only hold fast what you have gained.

Interpretation

Success and failure, gain and loss, all stem from the fixed turning of cause and effect; there is no need to force things.