Yes or no questions are a recurring subject of debate. Some say you shouldn't ask and others say you can do it. In practice, it is quite possible to ask such questions, but it is then necessary to be able to interpret the answer. Here are two examples of alternative choices, the second example being clearly a yes or no question.
When I was thinking of offering a game console to a loved one, I asked if it would be better to use a portable model or a home model.
(Lî suggests the idea of) one treading on the tail of a tiger, which does not bite him. There will be progress and success.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOne is committed with confidence, in the long term and with a simple goal, without looking for outside help.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOne is committed with confidence, in the long term and with a simple goal, without looking for outside help.
Bing DeepL Google YandexTexte
L’homme qui sait marcher sur la queue d’un tigre sans le faire crier réussira.
Commentaire, Symbolisme
Ciel au-dessus d’une eau stagnante. C’est la faiblesse, la douceur soumise marchant sur la force ; la joie répondant à la force. C’est le fort juste et modéré occupant la dignité souveraine ; exempt de faute, il est glorieux et brillant. Le grand et sage distingue le haut et le bas et donne satisfaction assurée aux désirs du peuple.
On s'engage avec confiance, dans la durée et avec un objectif simple, sans chercher d'aide au dehors.
Bing DeepL Google YandexBizalommal elkötelezett, hosszútávon egyszerű célt követve, nem várva külső segítséget.
Bing DeepL Google YandexWithout seeking help from outside, it would therefore be the home model. We also see that the lower trigram represents joy, so joy is inside. I ask a confirmation question to validate my interpretation.
Confirmation question: home model?
Thun indicates successful progress (in its circumstances). To a small extent it will (still) be advantageous to be firm and correct.
Bing DeepL Google YandexTexte
La vie retirée a des avantages ; le petit s’y affermit et se perfectionne.
Symbolisme
Le ciel sur une montagne. Le sage s’éloigne des gens vulgaires non par haine, mais par dignité.
Commentaire
Id. Le fort, dans une position convenable, agit conformément au temps. Le petit (dans l’obscurité) avance et grandit. Grande est l’importance de la retraite.
We're moving away, but what is moving away? It is time to ask a follow-up question:
What is moving away?
The third line, divided, shows its subject distraught amid the startling movements going on. If those movements excite him to (right) action, there will be no mistake.
Bing DeepL Google YandexLe tonnerre émeut, agite ; il pousse à agir justement.
Bing DeepL Google YandexThe prospect of seeing the device broken.
I asked if I should switch my internet connection to fiber, recently installed in my neighbourhood.
One is satisfied with what they have without concern for the others.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOne is satisfied with what they have without concern for the others.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOn se contente de ce que l'on a sans s'occuper des autres.
Bing DeepL Google YandexConfirmation question: so I stay with my current connection.
Po indicates that (in the state which it symbolizes) it will not be advantageous to make a movement in any direction whatever.
Bing DeepL Google YandexTexte
Traiter durement ne réussit en rien.
Symbolisme
Montagne (pesant) sur la terre figure l’oppression. C’est aussi le grand affermissant le petit pour donner sécurité à son propre domaine. (Quand les sujets sont en sécurité, ils travaillent, restent en paix et font prospérer le domaine.)
Commentaire
Poh, renverser, abattre. Le petit (parfois) renverse le fort ; l’homme vulgaire grandit. On cède devant lui, mais on cherche à l’arrêter.
Considérant la forme du koua, le sage fait une attention particulière aux successions d’accroissement et de décroissance des êtres, de plénitude et de dépouillement (vide), — semblables aux mouvements du ciel (tels que l’hiver succédant à l’été, la nuit au jour, etc.).
Hanyatlás, amit a tartalékok beosztásával lehet hátráltatni.
Bing DeepL Google YandexFollow-up question: what is declining?
The third line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of being adorned and bedewed (with rich favours). But let him ever maintain his firm correctness, and there will be good fortune.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOne does not want to finish too fast.
Bing DeepL Google YandexOne does not want to finish too fast.
Bing DeepL Google YandexCe qui est bien en ordre (pi) et bien disposé intérieurement aura un développement constamment heureux, ne subira aucun tort (pi).
Bing DeepL Google YandexThe confirmation question helps to avoid misinterpretation. It also allows you to explore the subject a little further. This is a technique I used many times when I consulted to obtain Taoscopy comments. In the second case, it is a humorous spade, but the answer is unambiguous.