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Somehow to dance across the deep* With no mistakes

Observe a group of dragons - without a leader Promising

Straight, square and complete Without repetition, nothing cannot be turned to advantage

01.4x Somehow to dance across the deep: To make progress is not a mistake

02.2x Six second’s movement: Straight (is) the way to square

Restraint in display is suited to persistence But for someone engaged in the royal service No achievement brings closure

Tied up in a bag No blame, no praise

02.4x Tied up in a bag, no blame: Discretion avoids trouble

How consummate (is) receptivity’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided with life And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world Character accommodates without drawing boundaries Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit (And) wanders an earth with no borders Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence: The noble young one’s purpose in going To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles West (to) south, find companions: And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress East (to) north, forgo companions: Although, in the end, there will be rewards Securing the certain holds promise: The response to a world without limits

Pursuing the deer without preparation or forester* All alone, going into the heart of the forest The noble young one is discerning Which is not the same thing as quitting To proceed would be embarrassing

03.3x Pursuing the deer without preparation (or forester): In order to follow the game * The noble young one gives this up To proceed (is) embarrassment (and) futility

A team of four horses arrayed alike The quest of a marital suitor To advance is promising Without doubt worthwhile

Not at all useful to court the woman Who encounters a man with money And loses self-possession Not a direction with merit

Waiting on the outskirts Worthwhile to use what endures No blame

05.1x Waiting on the outskirts: Not rushing into difficult action * Worthwhile to use what endures (and) avoid error: Before losing the principle

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

Incorporating long-standing virtues In order to be steadfast Distressing, but in the end, auspicious Yet for someone engaged in the royal service There is no completion

Persistence A mature person’s good fortune No blame

At the heart of the militia Promising Not a mistake The sovereign three times grants commissions

07.3x A militia likely to transport fatalities: Wholly lacking in merit

The militia’s fallback encampment Not a mistake

07.4x A fallback encampment is not a mistake: Still not neglecting the principles

The hunt takes captives Worthwhile to manage the talking Avoid error The elder son captains the militia The younger son transports fatalities Constancy is inauspicious

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

Joining with them without leadership Unfortunate

08.6x Joining with them with no priorities: Without a purpose (or) outcome

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

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

Simply treading forward Nothing wrong

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

11.3x No going without a return: Heaven (and) earth meet here

Having higher purpose is not a mistake But this kind of thing differs from happiness

12.4x Having higher purpose is not a mistake: The intentions (are) carried out

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

Fellowship with others at the gate Not a mistake

Fellowship with others on the frontier Nothing to regret

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

14.1x The big domain (of) first nine (Is a) lack of commerce with trouble

The great wagon is for loading Have somewhere to go Nothing is wrong

This is not one’s own domain No blame

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

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

Assistance comes from heaven Promising Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

Nothing cannot be turned to advantage With candid authenticity

15.4x Nothing cannot be turned to advantage (With) candid authenticity: (This is) not against the rules

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

Blind readiness Achieving while assuming setbacks Avoids errors

Most fulfilling Worthwhile to be dedicated Not a mistake

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!

Correcting father’s fixations To be a young one examining Is not a mistake Difficult But in the end, promising

Correcting father’s fixations There will be a little regret But no great mistakes

18.3x Correcting father’s fixations: Eventually not a mistake

United in commitment Promising Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

19.2x United commitment (is) promising (and) without doubt worthwhile: Not yet accepting destiny

Sweet commitment Not an orientation with merit Following concern about this Avoid errors

Complete commitment Without mistakes

19.4x Complete commitment, without mistakes: The position (is) appropriate

Authentic commitment Promising Nothing wrong

Above the pool is earth Taking charge The noble young one, accordingly, instructs and plans without exhaustion, Accepts and secures the people without drawing boundaries

Childlike perspective For little people, no blame For the noble young one, an embarrassment

Observing our own lives The noble young one does no harm

Observing others’ lives The noble young one does no harm

Sandaled feet, shackled in stocks, hiding the toes Not a mistake

Biting into tender meat, burying the nose No harm done

Biting into preserved meat Encountering decay A little embarrassing But no blame

Biting into dried meat Finding yellow metal Persistence is trouble Avoid mistakes

21.5x Persistence (is) trouble, avoid mistakes: Find the proper response

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

Plain white elegance No mistake

22.6x Plain white elegance is no mistake: The top attains the goal

At the foot of the mountain is flame Adornment The noble young one, accordingly, clarifies numerous policies* But does not presume to execute justice

Curtailing itself is not a mistake

23.3x Curtailing itself is not a mistake: Let go of high (and) low

A stringline of fishes By way of the palace inhabitants’ sponsorship* Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

23.5x By way of the palace inhabitants’ sponsorship: An outcome with no complaints

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

Not far to return Nothing worthy of regret Most promising

Repeated returns Difficulty But no blame

24.3x Repeated return has (its) difficulties: Deserving no blame

Honest return With no regrets

24.5x Honest return, with no regrets: Concentrating in order to examine oneself

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

With no pretense, to go forward is promising

25.1x Without pretense comes to advance: Attaining the purpose

One without pretense still has misfortunes Sometimes tying one’s ox Means the drifter’s gain And the townsfolk’s disaster

May there be loyalty Not a mistake

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

One without pretense still has afflictions Do not medicate to bring about well-being

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

Without pretensions, yet advance brings suffering This is not a direction with merit

25.6x Without pretense’s behavior: Going too far leads to crisis

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!

Beneath the sky moves thunder The creatures interact without pretensions The early sovereigns, accordingly, flourished according to season And nurtured the myriad beings

26.2x A carriage relieved of (its) axle mounts: In the center (and) not to be blamed

Dismissing the appetites Persistence has pitfalls For ten years not to be functional Is not a direction with merit

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

(Fan Yao* 43.1: vigorously advancing toes, going not successful) For cushions, using white thatch grass Make no mistakes*

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

Too much to wade into, immersing one’s head Brutal Make no mistakes

The lake rises over the trees Greatness in excess The noble young one, accordingly, stands alone and undaunted And steps back from the world without sorrow

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

A jug of wine, a basket of rice or two, and utensils of clay Handed expediently through the window Ultimately not a mistake

The pit is not flowing over To appreciate the level attained Is not a mistake

Taking steps but seeming confused Respect this And avoid errors

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

Moved in one’s neck and shoulders Avoiding regrets

Fulfillment Nothing is wrong Worthwhile to be persistent Worthwhile to have somewhere to go

Digging in to continue Persistence has pitfalls Not a direction with merit

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

A hunt without game

32.6x Continuously stimulated at the top: Greatly lacking in merit

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

Resourceful retreat Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

33.6x Resourceful retreat, nothing cannot be turned to advantage: Having no reason to doubt

Losing the goat with ease No regrets

The billy goat butts the hedge No power to pull back No power to follow through Not a direction with merit But problems give rise to opportunities

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

35.1x So far along (to be) so frustrated: All alone (but) advancing with integrity * To be tolerant is not a mistake: (Having) not yet been given orders

Regrets pass Loss and gain are not to be taken to heart Simply to go is promising Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

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

Having no other goals to pursue Remaining within, preparing meals Persistence is promising

Regrets pass The missing horse Should not be pursued: it returns on its own Upon seeing the worst in others Simply avoid mistakes

Meeting with the leader in the alley Not wrong

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

38.3x Seeing the wagon held up: The place (was) not appropriate * Regardless of beginning, there will be an end: Finding firmness

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

39.2x The sovereign’s minister (is) set back (and) interrupted: In the end there is no reproach

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

No blame

40.1x Firmness (and) flexibility have a common boundary here (In) the meaning of no blame

The duke takes aim at the raptor atop the high battlement’s peak Success at this means nothing cannot be turned to advantage

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

One’s own affairs are rushed and passed by No harm is done But consider decreasing this

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

Avoiding decrease increases one Not a mistake Persistence is opportune Worthwhile to have somewhere to go But one gains servants rather than family

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

Worthwhile and productive to perform great deeds Excellent opportunity Without errors

42.1x (An) excellent opportunity (to be) without errors: (To be) humble regardless of weighty concerns

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

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

Vigorous in the cheekbones Presuming the worst The noble young one is resolved and decided All alone in advancing, to greet the rain As if getting wet Were displeasure Nothing is wrong

43.3x The noble young one (is) resolved (and) decided: In the end no harm (is) done

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

Wild greens on dry land Determined to uproot To balance the behavior Is not a mistake

43.5x To balance the behavior is not a mistake: The center has not yet been honored

No cry for help The outcome will be unfortunate

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

The creel holds a fish* Nothing is wrong But this will not benefit the guests

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

The creel holds no fish Dawning disappointment

44.4x Wanting the fish in one’s disappointment: (So) far from the others

Encountering with those horns Embarrassing Though no harm is done

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

45.2x (To be) led by the promising is not wrong: The center has yet to evolve

It seems that to congregate is the same as complaining Not a direction with merit To continue thus is not harmful But a little embarrassing

45.3x To continue( thus) is not harmful: The superior (is) adaptable

A lot of promise Avoid mistakes

45.4x A lot of promise, (but) avoid mistakes: The position is not appropriate

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

Offering counsel while weeping and sniveling But no harm is done

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

46.3x Advancing upon an empty town: (This is) no place for doubts

The sovereign makes offerings at Split Mountain* Opportune Making no mistakes

“Fulfillment” “Persistence” For the mature human being, a promise, Not a mistake But having the words is not the conviction

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

A lake without water Exhaustion The noble young one, accordingly, invokes a higher purpose to carry out intentions

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’s mud is not consumed An ancient well with nothing to take

48.1x The well’s mud is not consumed: (It is) at bottom * An ancient well with nothing to take: In time, forsaken

48.2x The well (is) down low: shoot at the fish: Nothing to offer

The well is being relined Nothing is wrong

48.4x The well’s relining is not a mistake: Renovating the well

Complete the day and then change arrives To expedite is promising Not a mistake

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

50.2x The cauldron holds substance: Be mindful of function here * Our counterparts hold anxieties: In the end, no reproach

A cauldron with a jade grip Very promising Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

The shock awakens and revives Be excited to movement instead of distress

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

(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

51.6x The shock startles (and) confuses: The balance is not yet achieved * Even though ominous, make no mistakes: Pay heed to the neighboring warnings

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

Stilling one’s being Not a mistake

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

The wild geese advance by degrees to the shoreline The little fledgling* is struggling There will be criticism But not blame

53.1x The little fledgling is having difficulties: Deserving no blame

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

To go boldly has pitfalls Not a direction with merit

The bride offers up a basket, with no contents The groom sacrifices a lamb, with no blood Not a direction with merit

54.6x Top six has no content Offering a basket without substance

Little sister’s marriage Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness (When) heaven (and) earth do not interact Then the myriad beings do not come to be Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning Satisfaction (as) a way to move (Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage To go boldly (is) inauspicious: The dignity is not appropriate Not a direction with merit: The yielding takes advantage of the firm

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

55.1x Even for a long week, no error: To exceed the long week (means) disaster

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

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

56.2x Gaining a young helper’s loyalty: An outcome with no complaint

Subtleties happening under the bed Employing scribes and diviners, a confusion of these Promising No harm done

Persistence is promising Regrets pass Nothing cannot be turned to advantage Regardless of beginning, there will be an outcome Before reforming, three days After reforming, three days Opportune

Scattering one’s sense of self No regrets

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

59.5x The royal stockpiles, (yet) nothing (is) wrong: (With) the proper dignity

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

Not going past the door to the courtyard* No blame

Such a lack of restraint And therefore such lament Not a mistake

As the moon approaches full The team horse runs away But nothing is wrong

Being true is as good as a bond Make no mistakes

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

Make no mistakes Do not be beyond greeting others in passing Difficult progress demands heedfulness Do not rely on unrelenting persistence

Braking those wheels Soaking one’s tail No harm done

63.1x Braking those wheels: Deserving no harm

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

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

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