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Hexagram 63
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After Completion
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Expression
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Jì Jì intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
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Judgement
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After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, At the end disorder.
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Image
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Water over fire. Image of the condition In After Completion. Thus the superior man Takes thought of misfortune And arms himself against it in advance.
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66
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Expression:
He gets his head in the water. Danger.
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Image:
'His head is immersed; the position is perilous:'--how could such a state continue long?
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95
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Expression:
The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox does not attain as much real happiness as the neighbor in the west with his small offering..
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Image:
'The slaughtering of an ox by the neighbour in the east is not equal to (the small sacrifice of) the neighbour in the west:'--because the time (in the latter case is more important and fit). 'His sincerity receives the blessing:'--good fortune comes on a great scale.
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64
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Expression:
The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
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Image:
'He is on his guard all the day:'--he is in doubt about something.
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93
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Expression:
The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
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Image:
'He was three years in subduing it:'--enough to make him weary.
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62
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Expression:
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; On the seventh day you will get it.
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Image:
'In seven days she will find it:'--for the course pursued is that indicated by the central position (of the line).
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19
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Expression:
He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
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Image:
'He drags back his wheel:'--as we may rightly judge, there will be no mistake.
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