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Promising For a first consultation, supreme and enduring commitment Not a mistake Wanting peace, approach directly The late are the unfortunate ones

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

Smallness departs, greatness arrives Promise and fulfillment

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

Fulfillment Exit and enter without anxiety Companions arrive without fail Turning around and returning is the way The seventh day brings return Worthwhile to have somewhere to go

05.6x With no invitations extended, visitors arrive To attend to them will end in good fortune: Although not a proper situation Still less than a major mishap

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

Belonging (Means) promise Belonging (Means) confirmation The humble respond (and) follow (For) a first consultation, supreme and enduring commitment (And) not a mistake: Due to firmness in the center Wanting peace, approach directly: Above (and) below (are) resonant The late are the unfortunate ones: This path runs out

Interplay Smallness departs, greatness arrives, (With) promise (and) fulfillment: When this occurs heaven (and) earth interact And so the myriad beings communicate High (and) low interact and their purposes converge Within (is) light and without (is) shadow Within (is) strength and without (is) acceptance Within (is) the noble young one and without (are) the common ones The noble young one’s principles prevail The common one’s principles fade

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

Following The firm comes forward and submits to the flexible Movement and satisfaction (in) following Great fulfillment, to be dedicated (is) not a mistake: And all under heaven follow the seasons Following the time has a meaning (of) great importance here!

Adornment satisfies The flexible comes forward and refines the firm Consequently, satisfaction Alternately, the firm rises upwards and refines the flexible Consequently, a little worthwhile to have somewhere to go (Even) heaven (has) a style Refinement (and) clarity mean stability (Such is) human culture Look to heaven’s refinements Thereby to study the seasonal changes Look to humanity’s refinements Thereby to transform (and) complete all under heaven

Returning (means) fulfillment: The firm comes back around Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety (And) companions arrive without fail Turning around (and) returning (is) the way, The seventh day brings return: (As) heaven behaves Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Firmness prevails (In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!

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!

Coming and going, canyon after canyon The narrow ledges are also headrests Going into the canyon’s inner recesses Is not at all useful

29.3x Coming (and) going, canyon (after) canyon: In the end, not much (is) accomplished

What a breakthrough this one’s arrival appears! What a blaze! What an ending! What a waste …

30.4x What a breakthrough this one’s arrival appears: (But) having no place to fit in

(Fan Yao* 39.4: if going is impassable, then coming is alliance) Persistence is promising Regrets pass If unsettled and vacillating in whether to go or come Your alliances will conform to your thinking*

31.4x Persistence (is) promising, regrets pass: (Being) less than excited by trouble

If going is impassable Then coming back is respectable

39.1x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (is) respectable: (It is) reasonable to wait

If going is impassable Then coming back means turning around

39.3x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (means) turning around: (Those) within rejoice in this

If going is impassable Then coming back means alliance

39.4x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (means) alliance: The appropriate position (is in) reality

At a major impasse Companions appear

39.5x (At a) major impasse, companions appear: Because the center (is) defined

If going is impassable Then coming back means maturity Promising Rewarding to encounter a mature human being

39.6x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (means) maturity: The purpose lies within * Rewarding to encounter a mature human being: Thereby to attend to the worthy

Worthwhile west to south Without a place to go One’s coming return is promising If there is a place to go To be prompt is promising

Release Crisis leads to movement Movement then gets free of crisis Released Release favors the west to the south: To go (is) to gain the multitude One’s coming return (is) promising: Here to find the center (In) having somewhere to go, to be prompt (is) promising: (In) making progress there will be achievement Heaven (and) earth let loose as thunder (and) rain get to work Thunder (and) rain go to work, and hundreds of seed pods Of plants (and) trees, as one, begin to burst Release’s opportune timing (is) very important now!

42.2x Somebody grants this: (It) comes from beyond

42.6x Nobody increases this one: One-sided expression * Somebody assaults this one: (This) comes from beyond

Oppressed before wine and food Scarlet-sashed nobles arrive with direction Worthwhile and productive to offer up a sacrifice Initiative seems foreboding But this avoids mistakes

Approaching slowly and gravely Oppressed inside a gilded chariot But this embarrassment will find an outcome

47.4x Approaching slowly (and) gravely: The purpose remains subordinate * Although less than properly positioned There will be support

Rearranging the town does not change the well Neither losing nor gaining, Whether leaving or arriving, the well is the well To nearly reach But then to fall short with the well rope Or to damage its bucket Is disappointing

Fulfillment Shock brings fear and alarm And mirthful words and echoing laughter The thunder startles for a hundred li * around But do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine

The shock brings fear and alarm And later, mirthful words and echoing laughter Promising

51.1x The shock brings fear (and) alarm: The fear leads to well-being * Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter: After there is a precedent

The shock comes with adversity A hundred thousand times one loses possessions And scrambles up the nine hills To not give chase Means seven days to gain

51.2x The shock comes with adversity: Rely upon firmness

The shock whether going or coming is trouble The intentions* will not be lost where there is work to be done

51.5x The shock (whether) going (or) coming (is) trouble: Exposure (in) action * (Where) one’s work to be done lies in the middle Completely without loss

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 pattern emerges Bringing reward and commendation Promising

Future joy Disappointing

58.3x Future joy holds disappointment: The position is not appropriate

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

63.5x The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle: This is not equal to the western neighbor’s timing * The genuine received their blessings: The good fortune (has) completely arrived