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Sixty-Third Hexagram
Boiling Water
over open Flame,
one might extinguish
the other:
The Superior Person
takes a 360 degree view
of the situation and prepares
for any contingency.
Success in small matters
if you stay on course.
Early good fortune
can end in disorder.
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Changing Lines
Line Six
His head disappears
beneath the waves.
Danger.
Line Five
The sacrificial festival
launched by
his eastern neighbor
cannot overshadow
the western man's
simple, sincere offering.
Line Four
The finest clothes
can be shredded to rags.
Keep a sharp eye
on the discontent.
Line Three
He marches into
the Devil's Domain,
and conquers it
after three grueling years.
Lesser men
could not do this.
Line Two
The woman has lost her screen.
She will remain exposed
seven days
before it is returned.
Line One
The man brakes his wheels,
but the fox leaps the stream,
wetting his tail
just short of safety.
No harm.
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