☵水🌊 Water
☵水🌊 Water
水洊至,習坎; 君子以常德行,習教事。
Water flowing continuously: Dangerous Waters. Superior people constantly maintain the virtue of their heart & the sincerity of their conduct. They practice the business of instruction.
坎: 習坎,有孚, 維心亨,行有尚。
Dangerous Waters: If you are sincere, you have success in your heart. There is excellence in practice.
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係用徽纆, 寘于叢棘, 三歲不得,凶。
Bound with rope & put in a briar patch, helpless for three years; misfortune.
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坎不盈,祗既平, 无咎。
The waters do not overflow; they’re only filled to the brim. No blame.
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樽酒簋貳,用缶, 納約自牖,終无咎。
A jug of wine & two bowls of food passed through the window. Finally, no blame.
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來之坎坎,險且枕, 入于坎窞,勿用。
Back & forth, abyss upon abyss. In danger like this, pause & wait, otherwise you will fall into a pit. Do not act in this way.
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坎有險,求小得。
Danger in a pitfall. One finds a small gain.
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習坎, 入于坎窞,凶。
Water flows repeatedly. One falls into a pit. Misfortune.