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既濟
Jì Jì

既濟 亨小。利貞。初吉。終亂。

After completion.   Success in small matters.  Perseverance furthers.  At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.

初九   9 at the start

曳其輪。濡其尾。无咎。

He brakes his wheels.  He gets his tail in the water.   No blame.

六二   6 in the 2nd

婦喪其茀。勿逐。七日得。

The woman loses the curtain of her carriage.  Do not run after it; on the seventh day you will get it.

九三   9 in the 3rd

高宗伐鬼方。三年克之。小人勿用。

The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country.  After three years he conquers it.  Inferior people must not be employed.

六四   6 in the 4th

繻有衣袽。終日戒。

The finest clothes turn to rags.  Be careful all day long.

九五   9 in the 5th

東鄰殺牛。不如西鄰之禴祭。實受其福。

The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox does not attain as much real happiness as the neighbor in the west with his small offering.

上六   6 at the top

濡其首。厲

He gets his head in the water.   Danger.