Contemporary Interpretation
Introspection:
separate the clear from the unclear
Before completion
We conduct introspection
[an intimate conversation
with myself]
And then separate
The clear
From the unclear.
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Li, Fire
2nd Core Character: Kan, Water
1st Core Character: Li, Fire
Lower Trigram: Kan, Water
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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Before completion (64) is the depletion of the male.
The image
Fire above the water: the image of the condition before completion Thus the superior man is careful when differentiating things, so that each finds its place.
The judgement
Before completion. Success. But if the little fox, when it has almost completed the crossing, touches water with the tail, then nothing would be furthering.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
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