10䷉履 Treading Lu

☰天🌌 Heaven
☱澤🏞 Lake

上天下澤,履; 君子以辨上下,安民志。

A body of water lying open to the sky: Treading. Superior people consult both high & low & thereby steady people’s will.

履 : 虎尾,不咥人,亨。

Treading: On the tail of a tiger, which does not bite. Progress & success.

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視履考祥, 其旋元吉。

Watch one’s step — look to one’s conduct — heed the omens, then sublime good fortune.

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夬履,貞厲。

Decisive treading: correct yet dangerous.

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履虎尾, 愬愬,終吉。

Treading on a tiger’s tail with utmost caution turns out lucky.

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眇能視,跛能履, 履虎尾,咥人,凶。 武人為于大君。

Seeing with a squint, walking with a limp. Treading on the tiger’s tail: it bites. Inauspicious. A soldier becomes a ruler.

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履道坦坦, 幽人貞吉。

Treading in a safe & peaceful way. The hermit carries on. Good fortune.

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素履,往无咎。

Plain treading; to go is blameless.