The I Ching Speaks!

     64.  Wei Chi / Before Completion

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          ---- ----     above     Li     The Clinging, Flame
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          ---- ----
          ----------     below     K'an   The Abysmal, Water
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     The Judgement

          Before Completion. Success.
          But if the little fox, after nearly completing the crossing,
          Gets his tail in the water,
          There is nothing that would further.

     The Image

          Fire over water:
          The image of the condition before transition.
          Thus the superior man is careful
          In the differentiation of things,
          So that each finds its place.