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Hexagram 64 | Before Completion | ||
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| Judgement | Before Completion. Success. But if the little fox, after nearly completing the crossing, Gets his tail in the water, There is nothing that would further. | |||
| Image | Fire over water. Image of the condition before transition. Thus the superior man is careful In the differentiation of things, So that each finds its place. | |||
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Expression: There is drinking of wine in genuine confidence. No blame. But if one wets his head, he loses it, in truth. | |||
| Image: 'He drinks and gets his head immersed:'--he does not know how to submit to the (proper) regulations. | ||||
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Expression: Perseverance brings good fortune. No remorse. The light of the superior man is true. Good fortune. | |||
| Image: '(We see) the brightness of a superior man:--'the diffusion of that brightness tends to good fortune. | ||||
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Expression: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. Shock, thus to discipline the Devil's Country. For three years, great realms are awarded. | |||
| Image: (By firm correctness there is good fortune, and cause for repentance disappears:'--the aim (of the subject of the line) is carried into effect. | ||||
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63
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Expression: Before completion, attack brings misfortune. It furthers one to cross the great water. | |||
| Image: '(The state of things is) not yet remedied. Advancing will lead to evil:'--the place (of the line) is not that appropriate for it. | ||||
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Expression: He brakes his wheels. Perseverance brings good fortune. | |||
| Image: 'The second NINE, (undivided), shows good fortune arising from being firm and correct:'--it is in the central place, and the action of its subject thereby becomes correct. | ||||
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Expression: He gets his tail in the water. Humiliating. | |||
| Image: 'His tail gets immersed:'--this is the very height of ignorance. | ||||
