15䷎謙 Temperance Qiān

☷地🌎 Earth
☶山🏔 Mountain

地中有山,謙; 君子以裒多益寡,稱物平施。

Mountain hidden within earth: Temperance. Superior people reduce what is too much, & add to that which is too little. They weigh things & make them equal.

謙:亨,君子有終。

Temperance: Progress & success. Superior people carry things through.

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鳴謙, 利用行師,征邑國。

Temperance recognized. Armies set to motion in the countryside.

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不富,以其鄰, 利用侵伐,无不利。

Do not show off your riches. Beneficial to attack with force. Everything is favorable.

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无不利,撝謙。

To act with temperance is beneficial toward everything.

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勞謙, 君子有終,吉。

Superior people work with temperance towards a conclusion. Auspicious.

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鳴謙,貞吉。

Expressing temperance. Good fortune.

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謙謙君子, 用涉大川, 吉。

Superior people, modest & humble, are able to cross the great stream. Good fortune.