☲火🔥 Fire
☵水🌊 Water
火在水上,未濟; 君子以慎辨物居方。
Fire above water: Before Completion. Superior people carefully discern things & keep them in their place.
未濟: 亨,小狐汔濟, 濡其尾,无攸利。
Before Completion: Success. A small fox, having nearly crossed a river, gets its tail wet. Nothing beneficial.
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有孚于飲酒, 无咎,濡其首, 有孚失是。
Drinking of wine in genuine confidence. No blame. If one wets their head, they lose confidence.
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貞吉,无悔, 君子之光, 有孚,吉。
Perseverance brings good fortune. No remorse. The light of superior people is true. Good fortune.
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貞吉,悔亡, 震用伐鬼方, 三年有賞于大國。
Correctness brings good results; regret vanishes. Rising up to conquer barbarians, in three years one will have reward of a great country.
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未濟,征凶, 利涉大川。
Before completion, attack brings misfortune. Beneficial to cross a great river.
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曳其輪,貞吉。
Braking wheels. Perseverance brings good fortune.
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濡其尾,吝。
Soaking one’s tail. Humiliation.