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Be true Honor fulfillment Persistence is timely Worthwhile to cross the great stream

Anticipation (Means) necessity Hazards lie ahead (Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely Anticipation Be true Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely: (Be) poised, with celestial dignity, (And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced Worthwhile to cross the great stream: To make progress will be an accomplishment

Being true yet opposed Wariness in the middle is promising At the end, unfortunate Worthwhile to meet a mature human being Not worthwhile to cross the great stream

Contention Above (is) firmness, below (is) risk At risk and yet tenacious (Means) contention Contention Being true (yet) opposed, Wariness in the middle (is) promising: The firm comes forward and gains the center At the end, unfortunate: Contention is not suited to completion Worthwhile to meet a mature human being: To honor the central and true Not worthwhile to cross the great stream: (This) leads to the abyss

Fellowship with Others on the frontier Fulfillment Worthwhile to cross the great stream And worth the noble young one’s persistence

Fellowship with others The flexible finds a position, gains the center and resonates with the creative So this is called fellowship with others Fellowship with others says that Fellowship with others on the frontier (is) fulfillment Worthwhile to cross the great stream (Meaning) higher order endeavor Refinement (and) clarity make use of strength The central (lines) (are) correct (and) correspond The noble young one (is) principled Only the noble young one develops the capacity To comprehend the direction of all under heaven

Authentic modesty in the noble young one Is useful in crossing great streams Promising

Most fulfilling Worthwhile to cross the great stream Before the beginning, three days After the beginning, three days

Detoxifying The firm (is) above while the flexible (is) below Adaptive and yet motionless Fixations Detoxifying (is) most fulfilling: As all under heaven (is) healed Worthwhile to cross the great stream: (In) moving on there is work to do Before the beginning, three days, After the beginning, three days: In the end, in due order, there will be a beginning As heaven behaves

Worthwhile to be persistent To not dine at home Is promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream

“Vowing to train at chariot and defense,” which would preserve some of the impli- cation of dedicated sacrifice suggested by the Zhi Gua.

Dismissing the customary To abide in persistence is promising But not suited to crossing great streams

At the source of the appetites Brutal but promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream

Repeated exposure (Means) twice the risk The water replenishes but does not pile up Making progress (through) risk yet never losing its confidence To keep the heart secure (is) fulfillment: When making use of the firmness within Progress will be valued: To continue on will be an accomplishment Heavenly hazards do not permit climbing Earthly hazards (are) mountains (and) rivers, hills (and) heights Sovereigns (and) patriarchs arrange hazards in order to protect their domains Risk’s timely application (is) very important here!

Worthwhile to have somewhere to go Worthwhile to cross the great stream

Increasing Decreasing the lofty to increase the humble The people’s satisfaction is not a limitation From the lofty down to the humble Such a course (is) highly exemplary Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Concentration (and) uprightness will be rewarding Worthwhile to cross the great stream: The nature of wood leads to progress Increase moves while adapting The day’s progress is not a limitation Heaven confers, the earth brings forth This increase is without directives The general increase is that of the way, Sharing the time (and) moving in union

Fulfillment The sovereign approaches his temple Worthwhile to cross the great stream Worthwhile to be dedicated

Scattering fulfills The firm comes forward, yet will not be exhausted The flexible learns (its) place on the outside And associates with the superior The sovereign approaches his temple: The sovereign is then in the center Worthwhile to cross the great stream: Relying on wood brings results

Piglets and fishes* - promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream Worthwhile to persist

The truth within Flexibility dwells within while firmness secures the center Satisfaction with adaptation The true will then transform the realm Piglets (and) fishes - promising: Trust (is) extended to piglets (and) fishes Worthwhile to cross the great stream: Relying on a wooden boat’s hollowness The truth within (is) accordingly worth (the) persistence: Then (one) resonates with heaven

If not yet across, to go boldly has pitfalls It is worthwhile to cross the great stream