Hexagram 64
Before Completion
Also: Not Yet Fording, Not Yet Completed
☲ Fire over ☵ Water
Before Completion. Success. But if the little fox, after nearly completing the crossing, gets the tail wet, there is nothing that would further.
Fire over water: the image of the condition before transition. Thus the superior person is careful in the differentiation of things, so that each finds its place.
One gets the tail wet. Humiliating.
One brakes the wheels. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Before completion, attack brings misfortune. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. Shock, thus to discipline the Devil's Country. For three years, great realms are awarded.
Perseverance brings good fortune. No remorse. The light of the superior person is true. Good fortune.
There is drinking of wine in genuine confidence. No blame. But if one wets the head, one loses it, in truth.
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