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 at the beginning means: He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame. 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. 15. Ch'ien / Modesty ---- ---- ---- ---- above K'un The Receptive, Earth ---- ---- ---------- ---- ---- below K^en Keeping Still, Mountain ---- ---- The Judgement Modesty creates success. The superior man carries things through. The Image Within the earth, a mountain: The image of Modesty. Thus the superior man reduces that which is too much, And augments that which is too little. He weighs things and makes them equal.