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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

Be true in joining with them Make no mistake: Being true more than fills this plain clay vessel The end will come to hold even more promise

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

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

Be true The bleeding stops, anxiety leaves No harm is done

09.4x Be true, anxieties leave: A higher (and) unifying purpose

Being true is as good as a bond Enrichment is by way of one’s neighbors

There is no level without a slope, No going without a return It is difficult to persist with no errors Do not worry: these are certainties In nourishment find happiness

Fluttering and fussing Not much enrichment by way of these neighbors Not guarding the way to truth

11.4x Fluttering (and) fussing, not much enrichment: Completely neglecting the substance * Not guarding the way to truth: Within the heart (is) the hope

Their truths resemble commerce If also dignified, promising

14.5x Their truths resemble commerce: Confidence serves to manifest the purposes

Following to achieve success Persistence has pitfalls Being truly on the path, Using clarity, Where is the error?

Trusting in excellence Promising

17.5x Trusting in excellence (is) promising: The position (is) correct (and) central

A cleansing but not a sacrifice Being true is as good as majestic

The great perspective lies above Acceptance and versatility Balance (and) uprightness (are) used in observing all under heaven Observing A cleansing but not a sacrifice, Being true is as good as dignified: Those below observe and so (are) transformed Observing heaven’s sacred course and the four seasons’ lack of deviation The wise ones use (these) sacred principles to establish (their) teachings And so all under heaven simply consent

Be true To keep the heart secure is fulfillment Advance will have value

Powerful in the toes To go boldly bodes ill for staying confident

So far along to be so frustrated But persistence is promising Use wits for confidence And be tolerant Not a mistake

35.2x Accepting these present boundaries (as) a blessing: Applying the central principle

Being true is as good as impressive The outcome is just as promising

Estranged and alone Meeting someone unique Exchanging confidences The distress Is no longer wrong

38.4x Exchanging confidences, nothing (is) wrong: The aims (are) carried out

Release your big toe* When companions approach, trust them

The noble young one, in bondage, still has freedoms Promising Holding true among the common people

Be true Outstanding opportunity Nothing is wrong But it calls for persistence Worthwhile to have somewhere to go How is this applied? A pair of simple rice baskets may be used for the offering

Decreasing Decreasing the subordinate to increase the superior This process elevates conduct Decreasing and still holding true (Is) outstanding opportunity Nothing (is) wrong (But it) calls for persistence Worthwhile to have somewhere to go How is this applied? A pair of (simple) rice baskets may be used for the offering: Two (small) rice baskets will correspond with the time Decreasing the firm to increase the flexible presumes timeliness Decrease (and) increase (are) excess (and) want Interacting in time (and) functioning together

Increase comes by way of unfortunate events Avoid errors Hold true and focused in conduct Report to the prince, offer the jade credential

Be true and kind-hearted Do not question sublime opportunity Be assured that kindness is our worth

A disclosure at the royal court A truthful appeal This will be serious Inform the home town Nothing worthwhile in resorting to hostilities Worthwhile to have somewhere to go

Decisiveness (Means) to break through The firm breaks through the flexible Dynamic but also persuasive Breaking through and yet responsive A disclosure at the royal court: The flexible rides upon five firm (lines) A truthful appeal, this will be serious: This crisis will then be made known Inform the home town, Nothing worthwhile (in) resorting to hostilities: What is valued (would) then be wasted Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Firmness endures and then completes

Secured by a metal brake Persistence is promising Have somewhere to go Look at the unfortunate The weak swine is sure to dig in and struggle

Being true is not the end of it If confused, then pull together As a cry for help And one helping hand restore good humor Do not worry Progress is not an error

Drawn to the promising Not wrong But sincerity precedes the real reward when offering the modest spring sacrifice

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

Sincerity precedes the real reward when offering the modest spring sacrifice Nothing is wrong

46.2x Nine second’s sincerity Will find happiness

As the well comes in, do not cover Being true is most promising

Complete the day and then be sure Supreme fulfillment is worth persistence Regrets pass

To expedite has pitfalls Commitment is difficult When talk of change has circled three times Then be sure

Regrets pass Stay confident Change the mandate Promising

A mature human being’s tiger transformation Even before divining, be sure

Seasonal change Water (and) fire subdue each other Two women dwell together (But) their aims are not mutual gain So this is called seasonal change Complete the day and then be sure: Change and then believe in it Refinement (and) clarity behind satisfaction Great fulfillment (is) according to correctness Change is then appropriate One’s regrets then pass Heaven (and) earth change and so the four seasons are fulfilled Tang and Wu changed the mandates Complying with heaven while resonating with humanity Seasonal change’s opportune timing (is) very important now!

So abundant are their partition screens At midday one may see the bushel constellation* Going ahead brings suspicion and anxiety To be true and express this Is timely

55.2x Be true (and) express this: Credibility helps to manifest the purpose

Trusting joy Promising Regrets pass

58.2x Trusting joy holds promise: A belief (in) the purpose

Trusting in the unsustainable There will be struggles

58.5x Trusting in the unsustainable: (Though) the position (is) correct (and) appropriate

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

Being true is as good as a bond Make no mistakes

61.5x Being true is as good as a bond: The position (is) true (and) appropriate

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

Over the pond there is wind The truth within The noble young one, accordingly, considers legal process while delaying execution

Persistence is promising Despite the regrets The noble young one moves toward the light of example Holding true Promising

Being confident on top of drinking wine Not wrong But to soak one’s own head, Even with truth, is truly to lose it