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Collecting one’s riches A little persistence is promising A lot of persistence has pitfalls

Not capable of contending Capitulate and take refuge One’s home town’s people, three hundred households, Will escape suffering

Returning to one’s own path How is this an error? Promising

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

Studying the footsteps, examining the omens If these come full circle, supreme good fortune

Pulling up thatch grass roots And with this, another cluster To expedite* is promising

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

02.1x Walking on frost, hardening to ice: The shadow begins to manifest * Gradually fulfilling its nature To realize solid ice

02.6x Dragons at war in the wild: Their way (is) exhausted

03.5x Collecting one’s riches: The ramifications (are) not yet revealed

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

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

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

09.1x Returning to one’s own path: This ought to be promising

11.6x The city wall falls back into the moat: One’s own orders (are) confused

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

Pulling up thatch grass roots And with this, another cluster Persistence is promising and satisfying

Easing out of separation The mature human being’s promise: This passes, that passes As surely as mulberry seedlings

Caching weapons in the underbrush Climbing one’s highest hill Three years without rising up

Mounting those battlements But not capable of attack Promising

13.4x Mounting those battlements Means that nothing can be done * One’s promise

This is not one’s own domain No blame

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

Big domain The flexible finds a distinguished position, in the great center, While high (and) low respond to this So this is called big domain Its qualities (are) firmness (and) vigor and also refinement (and) clarity Resonating with heaven and moving with the seasons This is, accordingly, supremely fulfilling

No enrichment by way of these neighbors Worthwhile and useful to occupy and subjugate* Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

17.4x Following to achieve success: This means pitfalls * Being truly on the path, Clarity (is) the success

Not serving sovereign or noble Of higher worth is one’s service

Observing others’ lives The noble young one does no harm

20.6x Observing others’ lives: The objective is still not objective

Adorning those feet Dismissing the carriage and walking

Adorning his beard

22.2x Adorning his beard: To partake in a higher prosperity

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

Lost return Ominous There will be calamity and grave errors If trying to advance the military In the end there will be a major defeat Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*

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!

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

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!

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

Heaven dwells in the midst of the mountain Raising great beasts The noble young one makes use of large stores of knowledge of prior ideas and past deeds With which to develop such character

Top-heavy appetite is promising The tiger searches, staring and glaring With its passion to hunt and give chase Not wrong

Hungry mouth Persistence (is) promising: Nourish uprightness (and) in due order good fortune Study the hungry mouth: Study what is the purpose in nourishment From the searching mouth (to) the feeding: Study what are the sources of nourishment Heaven (and) earth nourish the myriad beings The wise ones nourish the worthy (and) thereby reach the whole of humanity Hungry mouth’s opportune timing (is) very important here!

The withered poplar sprouts a new shoot An older gentleman finds himself a maiden to marry Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

(Fan Yao* 32.5: continuing in character, her promise, his problem) The withered poplar* bears flowers An older lady finds herself a young gentleman to marry No blame, no praise

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!

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

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

Persuaded in one’s big toe

31.1x Persuaded in one’s big toe: The destination lies elsewhere

Persuaded in one’s legs Disappointing To abide is timely

Persuaded in one’s loins Managing those consequences To continue thus is wretchedness

31.3x Persuaded in one’s loins: But less than secure * The purpose lies in pursuing another The position holds onto the inferior

Moved in one’s neck and shoulders Avoiding regrets

31.5x Moved in one’s neck and shoulders: The purpose (is) trivial

Moved in one’s jawbones and tongue

31.6x Moved in one’s jawbones (and) tongue: Gushing (with) oral persuasion

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

Lacking continuity in one’s character Somehow continuing in such unworthiness What persists is embarrassment

32.3x Lacking continuity in one’s character: Nowhere to be endured

32.4x Chronically out of one’s context Where is game (to be) found?

(Fan Yao* 28.5: older woman finds herself a young man to marry) To continue in one’s character means persistence For a woman of maturity, promising For a man in youth, disappointment*

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

34.1x Powerful in the toes: Such confidence (is soon) exhausted

Ordinary people apply force The noble young one uses his wits* Persistence is trouble The billy goat* butts the hedge Entangling his horns

So far along to be so worried But persistence is promising Accept these present constraints as if a blessing from one’s grandmother

Advancing those antlers Limit the practice to discipline of the home town That harshness is timely Is not to be blamed But to persist is a disgrace

Brightness obscured during flight* Dragging one’s wing The noble young one in traveling Goes three days without a meal When there is somewhere to go Those in power would gossip

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

The light goes within (to) the heart of the earth Brightness (is) obscured Inwardly coherent (and) bright while outwardly flexible (and) compliant Using the obscurity (of) great trials The Sovereign Wen applied this Warranting difficult persistence: Darkening his own light Inwardly struggling, yet able to stay true to his purpose Prince Ji applied this

Seeing a wagon held up Its oxen restrained Its occupant’s head shaved and nose cut off Regardless of beginning, there will be an end

Estrangement The fire moves, but (only) upwards The lake moves, but (only) downwards Two women dwell together (But) their intentions do not function as one Enjoyment, along with dependence on clarity The flexible advances, and so improves (its) conduct Gaining the center and resonating with the firm And so it is that ordinary matters (are) promising Heaven (and) earth diverge, but still their endeavors converge Masculine (and) feminine diverge, but their objectives interact The myriad beings diverge, but their affairs (are) interrelated Estrangement’s timely application (is) very important here!

Impasse (Means) problems Risk lies ahead To perceive the risk and be able to stop (Is) wisdom indeed! Impasse (is) worthwhile west (to) south: To make progress (is) to find the center It is not worthwhile east (to) north: This way dead ends Rewarding to encounter a mature human being: Making progress will be an achievement (In) a proper position, persistence (is) opportune: In order to do right by the territory Impasse’s timely application (is) very important now!

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!

Three people set out And in due order lose one member A single person sets out And in due order finds a companion

Decreasing those sufferings To take charge and expedite becomes happiness This is not a mistake

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

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

A rump with no skin One’s progress is inferior now To be led like a sheep, regrets would pass But to hear the words is not comprehension

43.4x One’s progress (is) second-rate now: The position (was) not appropriate * To hear the words is not comprehension: Quick to hear (but) not much clarity

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

A rump with no skin One’s progress is inferior now Brutal But not a complete mistake

44.3x One’s progress (is) second-rate now: Advancing (but) now not being dragged

Encountering with those horns Embarrassing Though no harm is done

44.6x Encountering with those horns: The top (is) exhausted (and) embarrassed

45.1x If confused, then pull together: One’s directions (are) confused

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

Oppressed by stones Grasping at thorny brambles Going into his house But not seeing his wife Unfortunate

47.3x Grasping at thorny brambles: Relying on the firm * Going into his house But not seeing his wife: Not a happy omen

Exhaustion The firm (is) covered over To risk leads to satisfaction (To be) beset and still not lose that which is fulfilling One who is truly a noble young one attains this Persistence (is) the mature human being’s promise: By way of the firmness within There will be words but no assurance: To value the oral leads to exhaustion

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

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

To penetrate beneath the water and so bring up the water (Is) the well The well provides, and yet will not be exhausted Rearranging the town does not change the well: Since this (is) using a constancy within To nearly reach, but then to fall short (with) the well rope (Is) to fall short of bringing up results To damage its bucket: This indeed leads to disappointment

49.5x The mature human being’s tiger transformation: This one’s style (is) evident

49.6x The noble young one’s leopard transformation: This one’s style (is rich in) subtlety * Ordinary people (merely) change masks: Submitting in order to follow a noble

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!

A cauldron with upended feet Worthwhile to expel the stagnating Accepting a concubine for the sake of her child Is without blame

The cauldron’s ears have been altered Its function is impaired The pheasant’s rich meat is not eaten A sudden rain would diminish regrets In the end, an opportunity

50.3x The cauldron’s ears (have been) altered: Disregarding their significance

A cauldron with a broken leg Overturning the duke’s meal His person is soiled Woe

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

(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate) The shock startles and confuses Searching in wild-eyed panic To go boldly is ominous The shock is not in one’s being Merely in one’s neighborhood Make no mistakes Even the marital suitor* might have something to say

Not grasping one’s own being Moving through one’s courtyard But not seeing other people No blame

Stilling those toes Making no mistakes Warranting prolonged persistence

52.1x Stilling those toes: Before losing the principle

Stilling those legs Not helpful in one’s pursuits One’s heart is not gratified

52.2x Not helpful in one’s pursuits: Not ready to back off (and) listen

Setting those restrictions Divided at one’s waist Rigors choke the heart

52.3x Setting those restrictions: Crises choke the heart

Stilling one’s being Not a mistake

52.4x Stilling one’s being: Stilling all of the personal

Stilling those jawbones Words will have order Regrets pass

52.5x Stilling those jawbones: Applying the central principle

Stillness (Means) to keep still (If) time to stop, then stop (If) time to move, then move (When) activity (and) rest do not lose their timing One’s path (is) revealed (and) clarified Stillness (means) self-restraint Restraint (is) to one’s own purpose Above (and) below resist corresponding Having nothing to do with each other And so it is that having no grasp of one’s own being (And) moving (through) one’s courtyard Without seeing other people (Is) without blame

Adjacent mountains Stillness The noble young one, accordingly, contemplates nothing outside of its place

53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning: Abandoning flock (and) kindred * The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young: Losing her own way

The wild goose advances by degrees to the trees Perchance to find that flat branch No harm done

53.4x Perchance to find that flat branch: Accepting in order to adapt

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

When Lord Yi gave his maiden daughter in marriage This noble woman’s gown was not equal to her bridesmaids’ gowns in fineness The moon approaching fullness Is hopeful

54.5x When Lord Yi gave (his) maiden daughter in marriage

Meeting one’s match or superior Even for a long week,* no harm is done To continue has merit

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

So abundant are their flowing banners At midday one may see stardust And break one’s right arm Make no mistakes

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

(Fan Yao* 36.4: enter left side, steal dark heart’s intentions) So abundant are their screens At midday one may see the bushel constellation Or find their hidden leader* Opportune

55.4x (So) abundant (are) their screens: The position is not appropriate * (At) midday (one may) see the bushel constellation: The gloom has no vision * Finding their hidden leader: (An) opportunity (for) action

So rich are their dwellings Screening away their own families Peering through their doorways Desolate in their want of others Three years not seen face to face Unfortunate

55.6x (So) rich (are) their dwellings: (Having) soared to heaven’s threshold * Peering through their doorways Desolate in their want of others: A consequence of concealment

The wanderer is fussy and annoying And so this position courts suffering

The wanderer comes to a camp Cherishing those resources And earning a young helper’s loyalty

The wanderer sets fire to their camp And fails the young assistant Persisting is hard to do

56.3x The wanderer sets fire to their camp: And (only) then considers the harm here * Until (one) wanders with humility This principle (is) lost

The wanderer stays in a shelter Having secured some wherewithal and an axe But lamenting “My heart is not at peace”

56.4x The wanderer (stays) in a shelter: (Having) not yet secured a place * Securing some valuables (and) an axe: (But with) a heart less than peaceful

Like a bird that burns its own nest This strange individual begins to laugh Then follows with wailing and weeping Forfeiting cattle in the exchange Disappointing

56.6x Considering that the wanderer is at the top This one is understandably burned * Forfeiting cattle in the exchange: In the end, nobody comes to enquire

Subtleties happening under the bed Losing some valuables and an axe Constancy has its pitfalls

57.6x Subtle (things) happening under the bed: The top (is) exhausted * Losing some valuables (and) an axe: “Correct” along with unfortunate

Satisfaction (Means) pleasure The firm (is) within and the flexible without Pleasure, accordingly, rewards persistence And so it is complying with heaven And resonant in humanity (When) pleasure (is) used to lead a people The people forget their weariness (When) pleasure (is) used in challenging difficulties The people forget their mortality Pleasure’s great importance (Is) truly in the people’s encouragement!

Scattering, then hurrying to one’s support Regrets pass

59.2x Scattering, (then) hurrying to one’s support: To secure the hopes

Scattering one’s sense of self No regrets

59.3x Scattering one’s sense of self: The purpose lies beyond

(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

59.4x Scattering those groups (is) most promising: Exemplifying maturity

Evanescent as sweat And that great cry for help Scatter the royal stockpiles Nothing is wrong

Dispersing one’s hot-bloodedness Getting distance Far away to reappear No blame

59.6x Dispersing one’s (hot-)blood(edness): Removed from suffering

60.6x Bitter limitation (is) persistent misfortune: This path dead ends

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

The call of a crane in the shadows Her young ones respond to her I have a fine beaker of wine And I, with your help, will drain it

61.2x Her young ones respond to her: (From) within the heart’s hope

Passing by one’s ancestor To meet with one’s grandmother Wanting to reach one’s superior But meeting another underling Not wrong

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

Braking those wheels Soaking one’s tail No harm done

63.1x Braking those wheels: Deserving no harm

The matron loses her carriage’s veil To not pursue this Means seven days to gain

The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle Yet this is not equal to the western neighbor’s modest spring offering* The genuine received their blessings

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

Soaking one’s head Serious

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

After completion (comes) fulfillment The minor is that which fulfills Worthwhile to persist: The firm (and) the flexible (are all) correct and also properly placed At the beginning, promise: The flexible occupies the center By the end equilibrium results in disorder This process (is) finished

Fulfillment The little fox is almost across the half-frozen stream To soak that tail Is not a direction with merit

Soaking one’s tail Embarrassing

64.1x Soaking one’s tail: Such an extreme indiscretion

Braking those wheels Persistence is promising

64.5x The noble young one moves toward the light of example: The brightness (is) 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

P wei4 (to be) not yet ji4 complete heng1 (means) fulfillment * rou2 3133 02.T the flexible, gentle, yielding; flexibility de2 6161 02.0 gain, secure, find, occupy, claim (s) 06.T zhong1 1504 03.3 the center, middle, mean, balance " P xiao3 (the) little hu2 fox qi4 (is) almost ji4 across (the) (half-frozen) stream * wei4 (but) not yet chu1 1409 05.4 out of, beyond, past; (sur)passed, departed zhong1 1504 03.3 the center, middle, balance; concentration S ru2 to soak qi2 that wei3 tail * wu2 (is) not you1 (a) direction li4 with merit * bu4 5379 02.2 (this is, would) not, to not; wanting; failing xu4 2865 120+15 HL (to) continue, connect; go (ing) on, through zhong1 1500 01.3 to the end, outcome, conclusion, finish S sui1 5519 55.1 F even if, though; although 05.6x bu4 5379 02.2 not, im-; in-; un-; less than; nothing, none " dang1 6087 05.6x (is, are) properly, appropriately, suitably " wei4 7116 45.5 placed, positioned, situated, dignified " * gang1 3268 03.T the firm, strong, resolute; firmness rou2 3133 02.T (and) the flexible, gentle, yielding; flexibility ying4 7477 02.T (all) correspond, resonate, relate, reciprocate