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Sixtieth Hexagram
Waters difficult to keep
within the Lake's banks:
The Superior Person
examines the nature of virtue
and makes himself a standard
that can be followed.
Self-discipline brings success;
but restraints too binding
bring self-defeat.
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Changing Lines
Line Six
Self-discipline
teetering toward
self-destruction.
An empty martyrdom.
Turn back.
Line Five
He travels easily
with economy and simplicity.
This brings merit.
Line Four
He is most content
in frugality and simplicity:
the highest success.
Line Three
He without self-restraint today
forges the shackles
that hobble him tomorrow.
Line Two
Pacing his own garden
and courtyard,
he refuses to pass out the gate.
Misfortune.
Line One
Roaming his own garden
and courtyard,
he never strays out the gate.
No mistake.
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