Hexagram 64 · 未濟 · wèi jì
Hexagram 64. Wèi Jì · Before Completion
☲☵ Fire over water: Lí above, Kǎn below.
Wei 3* intimates progress and success (in the cir¬ cumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.
Wei 3* intimates progress and success (in the cir¬ cumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.
Order has not yet come, but everything stands ready for the transition: the last and most critical step lies ahead. The young fox is bold, yet wets its tail at the very bank — do not celebrate before the crossing. Weigh your forces, set each thing in its place, and finish what was begun with doubled care: it is darkest just before dawn.
The Image
Fire above water: the elements have not yet taken their stations — order is near but not arrived. The final phase of transition: all is ready, the most critical step remains. The young fox is bold, yet wets its tail at the very bank: do not celebrate early. Set each thing in its place, weigh your forces, finish with doubled care — and with support, not alone. It is darkest just before dawn.
Interpretation of hexagram 64
LXIV. The Wei 31 Hexagram. further so soon after success has been achieved; but keep herself hidden and retired. Let her not try to find the screen. When it is said that she will find this 1 after seven days,’ the meaning seems to be simply this, that the period of K\ 3 * will then have been exhausted, the six lines having been gone through, and a new period, when action will be proper, shall have commenced.
The lines of hexagram 64
First line
The first line, divided, shows its subject (like a fox) whose tail gets immersed. There will be occasion for regret.
The strong line 3, at the top of the lower trigram, suggests for its subject one undertaking a vigorous enterprise. The writer thinks of Kao Bung, the sacrificial title of Wfi Ting, one of the ablest sovereigns of the Shang dynasty (b. c. 1364-1324), who undertook an expedition against the barbarous hordes of the cold and bleak regions north of the Middle States. He is mentioned again under the next hexagram. He appears also in the Shu, IV, ix, and in the Shih, IV, iii, ode 5. His enterprise may have been good, and successful, but it was tedious, and the paragraph con¬ cludes with a caution.
Second line
The second line, undivided, shows its subject dragging back his (carriage-)wheel. With firmness and correctness there will be good fortune.
Line 4 is weak, and has advanced into the trigram for water. Its subject will be cautious, and prepare for evil, as in the sym¬ bolism, suggested probably by the nature of the trigram.
Third line
The third line, divided, shows its subject, with (the state of things) not yet remedied, advancing on; which will lead to evil. But there will be advantage in (trying to) cross the great stream.
‘ The neighbour in the East ’ is the subject of line 5, and ‘ the neighbour in the West ’ is the subject of the correlate 2, the former quarter being yang and the latter yin. Line 5 is strong, and 2 is weak; but weakness is more likely to be patient and cautious than strength. They are compared to two men sacrificing. The one presents valuable offerings; the other very poor ones. But the
Fourth line
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject by firm correctness obtaining good fortune, so that all occasion for repentance disappears. Let him stir himself up, as if he were invading the Demon region, where for three years rewards will come to him (and his troops) from the great kingdom.
second excels in sincerity, and his small offering is the more acceptable.
Fifth line
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject by firm correctness obtaining good fortune, and having no occasion for repentance. (We see in him) the brightness of a superior man, and the possession of sincerity. There will be good fortune.
The topmost line is weak, and on the outmost edge of Khan, the trigram of peril. His action is violent and perilous, like that one attempting to cross a ford, and being plunged overhead into the water.
Top line
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject
LXIV. Wei 3 t is the reverse of K\ 3 i. The name tells us that the successful accomplishment of whatever the writer had in his mind had not yet been realised. The vessel of the state has not been brought across the great and dangerous stream. Some have wished that the Yi might have concluded with K\ 3 i, and the last hexagram have left us with the picture of human affairs all brought to good order. But this would not have been in harmony with the
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