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Fulfillment It is not I who seeks the young and inexperienced The young and inexperienced seek me The first consultation informs The second and third show disrespect Disrespect deserves no information It is worthwhile to be dedicated

Joining with such inferior people

Separating* oneself from inferior people* Those not worth the young noble’s loyalty Greatness departs, smallness arrives

Having no commerce with trouble To never be wrong A hardship, but otherwise not a mistake

This is not one’s own domain No blame

So elegant looking, as if of pure white A white steed, as if on wings Not an adversary but a marital suitor

Most fulfilling Worthwhile to persist For one without integrity there will be suffering* And not much reward in having somewhere to go

The sovereign takes advantage of emergencies to expedite There will be commendations And severed heads The captives were never his enemies Not a mistake

Estranged and alone Watching a hog, covered with muck Once a wagon transporting demons At first stringing that bow But later unstringing the bow It is not an adversary but a marital suitor In going, greet the rain After this, all is well

The sovereign’s minister is set back and interrupted But this is not one person’s cause

Convening presumes a position This is not wrong But an absence of trust Means extremely prolonged persistence Regrets pass

(Fan Yao* 06.4: unable to contend, take up a higher purpose) Scattering those groups Most promising Scattering claims the high ground* This is not commonplace thinking

Inexperience At the foot of the mountain are hazards (To be) at risk and yet remain still (Shows) inexperience Inexperience (is) fulfilled: According to fulfillment’s conduct at the heart of the time It is not I (who) seeks the young (and) inexperienced, The young (and) inexperienced seek me: The objectives (are) complementary The first consultation informs: According to the firmness within The second (and) third (show) disrespect Disrespect deserves no information: Disrespect (shows) immaturity Inexperience (is) the way to cultivate uprightness (This is) a sacred task

08.3x Joining with such inferior people: Is this not sufficiently painful?

Separating oneself from inferior people (Who) are not worth a noble young one’s loyalty Greatness departs, smallness arrives: When this occurs heaven (and) earth do not interact And so the myriad beings do not communicate High (and) low do not interact And so all under heaven lack government Within (is) darkness and without (is) light Within (is) weakness and without (is) strength Within (are) the common people and without (is) the noble young one The common people’s principles prevail The noble young one’s principles fade

14.4x Not being (in) one’s own domain, no blame: Wisdom distinguishes plainly

22.4x Six fourth (is) properly positioned (But) doubted * Not an adversary (but) a marital suitor: In the end, no question

Without pretense Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside Movement with lasting vigor The firm (is) central and resonant Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity Heaven’s higher law For one without integrity there will be suffering (And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go (While) without pretense there is forward progress How is this so? Heaven’s higher law is not protection: (It is) movement itself!