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Correcting mother’s fixations Ill-suited to firmness

May there be loyalty Not a mistake

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

Brightness obscured on the southern winter hunt Capturing the others’ great leader This is not a call for a hasty resolution

01.6x Arrogant dragon will have regrets: Excessiveness is not suited to longevity

01.7x Using Nines: Heaven’s nature is not about playing the leader

02.3x Restraining display (is) suited to persistence: For the sake of timely development * Someone engaged in the royal service Knows (and) honors the whole

03.6x Tears of blood, flowing like water: How could this be continued?

06.1x Not prolonging certain endeavors: Contention is not suited to being prolonged * Even though the small will talk One’s arguments are clear

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

The militia (Means) the multitude Persistence (Means) uprightness The skill to employ the multitude (with) uprightness (Is) especially suited to use by the sovereign The firm (is) central and resonant The practice (is) hazardous, yet responsive To apply this is toxic to all under heaven and yet the people endure behind it (For their) welfare: Given this, where is the error here?

12.6x Separation ends (and is) then overcome: (But) how could this be sustained?

Heaven and earth do not interact Separating The noble young one, accordingly, conserves virtue and avoids trouble Not allowing himself luxury in the form of compensation

15.6x Expressive modesty: The goals (are) not yet achieved * An appropriate practice to mobilize the reserves To discipline home town (and) province

Authenticity (means) fulfillment The heavenly principle completes the lowly With honor and clarity The earthly principle (is) humble, (Even) while moving upwards The heavenly principle diminishes the superfluous And adds to the modest The earthly principle transforms the superfluous And replenishes the modest Ghosts (and) spirits (both) haunt the superfluous And enrich the modest The human principle resents the superfluous And applauds the modest Authenticity ennobles and exemplifies (Being) lowly and yet not easy to exceed The noble young one has results

16.6x Blind readiness at the top: How could this be continued?

18.6x Not serving sovereign (or) noble: The aim (is) a proper standard

20.2x (With) prying perspective, the young woman persists: But still invites condemnation

23.6x The noble young one gains ground: The people (are) those who uphold (one) * (As) the common people tear down (their own) shacks: In the end not fit to be used

25.4x Prescribing loyalty is not a mistake: Certainly presume this!

25.5x Lack of pretense itself (is) medicine (This) does not call for experiments

28.3x The ridgepole’s deformity becomes trouble: It is not enough to assume support

28.5x The withered poplar bears flowers: (But) how could this last? * (An) older lady (and) young male companion: So inviting (to) condemnation

28.6x Too much to wade into comes into bad luck: But not deserving blame

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!

30.3x The sun declines with its radiance: Why should this be prolonged?

Reciprocity (Means) being moved The flexible (is) above while the firm (is) below The two vital forces (are) moved in resonance (And) with this support each other Stillness and enjoyment The masculine submits to the feminine And so it is that fulfillment rewards persistence (And) to court the young woman (is) promising Heaven (and) earth move each other And so the myriad beings transform (and) come to life The wise ones move the human heart And all under heaven respond with peace Comprehend this function of touch Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

Continuity (Means) to endure The firm (is) above and the flexible (is) below Thunder (and) wind support each other Versatile and energetic The firm (and) the flexible fully correspond Continuity Continuity fulfills (and) nothing (is) wrong, Worthwhile to be persistent: Enduring (is) upon one’s own path Heaven’s (and) earth’s courses Continue, going on and (on) without end Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: At the end, in due order, there will be a beginning Sun and moon take the sky and so (are) able to continue in brilliance The four seasons evolve (and) turn And so are able to continue accomplishing The wise ones endure upon their paths And all under heaven (is) transformed (and) completed Comprehend what is meant to be continued Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

33.3x Entangled retreat has distress, There will be anxiety (and) exhaustion * Managing (one’s) servants (and) concubines (would have been) timely: But not suited to crucial concerns

Big (and) strong Greatness is that which is strong The firm applies force Hence, strength Big (and) strong, worthwhile to persist: Greatness implies being correct Be correct in greatness and then heaven (and) earth Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

36.5x Prince Ji’s persistence: A light not accepting extinction

40.3x Shouldering baggage while riding: And further, inviting derision * Of our own accord to encourage hostility - Given this, who is to blame?

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

41.4x Decreasing those sufferings: Truly asking for happiness

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

43.6x No cry for help, approaching misfortune: In the end, not fit to survive

Dissipation (Means) to encounter The flexible encounters the firm Not at all useful to court (this) woman: Not suited to enduring together Heaven (and) earth encounter each other (And) the varieties of beings join in the composition Firmness encounters (with) concentration (and) integrity (And) all under heaven make great advances Chance encounter’s proper timing (is) very important here!

Collectedness (Means) to congregate Acceptance behind satisfaction The firm (is) central (and) resonant Hence, congregation The sovereign approaches his temple: To convey the filial offering Rewarding to encounter a mature human being making an offering: Concentrating with integrity To offer great sacrifices (is) promising, Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Agreeing with heaven’s higher order Study the reason to congregate Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

The well has been cleaned, but nothing is consumed Causing our hearts’ sorrow It is suitable and available to draw from Were the sovereign made aware, all might receive of this abundance

49.1x Wrapped with golden rawhide: Not suited to taking action

Arousal (means) fulfillment Shock brings fear (and) alarm: The fear leads to well-being Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter: After there is a precedent The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around): Disturbing the distant and frightening the near Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine: Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine, the altars to place (and) to grain (And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery

The wild geese advance by degrees across the highlands Their feathers are worthy to use in performing the sacred dance Auspicious

53.6x (That) their feathers (are) worthy to use (In) performing the sacred dance (is) promising: Not likely to be distracted

Gradual progress leads to advance The young woman’s engagement (is) timely Advancing secures a position Making progress will be an accomplishment Advancing according to principle (Is) a fitting way to do right by the realm In such a position The firm secures the center To be still and also adapt (Is) movement without exhaustion

55.3x (So) abundant (are) their flowing banners: Ill-suited to important concerns * Breaking one’s right arm: In the end unfit for use

Fulfillment Bitter limitations do not invite commitment

Boundaries (mean) fulfillment The firm (and) the flexible (are) evenly apportioned While firmness secures the center Bitter limitations do not invite commitment: This path dead ends Satisfaction behind movement at risk An appropriate place to use boundaries Balanced (and) principled in order to follow through Heaven (and) earth (are) constrained And so the four seasons are completed Boundaries serve to define the measures (But) without encroachment on property (And) without harm to the people

61.6x The rooster’s pronouncements rise into the sky: How could this be continued?

Fulfillment Worthwhile to persist Appropriate for minor concerns, Not suited to great concerns The flying bird bequeaths this message: If not adapted to heights, adapt to remaining below Much promise

62.1x A flying bird on the way to misfortune: Seeming ill-suited to the task

62.2x Not reaching one’s superior: The underling does not allow bypassing

62.4x Do not be beyond greeting others (in passing): The position is not appropriate * Difficult progress demands heedfulness: In the end there is nothing friendly to longevity

Smallness in excess The small are those who go beyond and so (are) fulfilled Exceeding, accordingly, (is) worth persistence To take part in the time (is) to move The flexible gains the center This is how minor concerns (are) promising The firm (has) lost position and also is not in the center (And) so this is, accordingly, not suited to great concerns There is the flying bird’s image herein The flying bird bequeaths this message: (If) not adapted to heights (then) adapt to (remaining) below Much promise: Above (is) resistance while below (is) acceptance

63.6x Soaking one’s head (is) serious: (But) how could this continue?