The I Ching Speaks!
63. Chi Chi / After Completion ---- ---- ---------- above K'an The Abysmal, Water ---- ---- ---------- ---- ---- below Li The Clinging, Flame ---------- The Judgement After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, At the end disorder. The Image Water over fire: the image of the condition In After Completion. Thus the superior man Takes thought of misfortune And arms himself against it in advance. The Lines Nine in the third place means: The Illustrious Ancestor Disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed. Nine in the fifth place means: 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. 24. Fu / Return (The Turning Point) ---- ---- ---- ---- above K'un The Receptive, Earth ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- below Ch^en The Arousing, Thunder ---------- The Judgement Return. Success. Going out and coming in without error. Friends come without blame. To and fro goes the way. On the seventh day comes return. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. The Image Thunder within the earth: The image of the Turning Point. Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes At the time of solstice. Merchants and strangers did not go about, And the ruler Did not travel through the provinces.