Zhuge Oracle Lesson 256

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Zhuge Oracle Lesson 256 “East, south, and north will all become old ruins”: The environment is extremely dangerous, with both near worries and distant troubles. If you would survive in a desperate place, you must first seek out a life-giving source of water.

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

Oracle Text

East, south, and north will all become old ruins,
the Yan-Ji land, its people with no relief;
if you would rouse a great and valiant heart—
where is the source of water? You do not know.

Interpretation

The environment is extremely dangerous, with both near worries and distant troubles. If you would survive in a desperate place, you must first seek out a life-giving source of water.