Hexagram 64 of 64 · King Wen sequence
未济 · wèi jì
Fire above water: the little fox almost across — everything in transition, order not yet achieved, and the crossing still to be finished.
Fire above water, all lines out of place: Before Completion is the hexagram of the crossing not yet finished — the little fox, wet, almost over the river. Its counsel is about the final dash: the small fox wets its tail at the very end when it spends strength too early or chooses carelessness at the bank.
The discipline is measure at the end: now is not the moment for great boldness — the crossing is nearly done, and the last stretch needs the same care as the first. The text’s kindness: order will come out of this too. The crossing is a chapter, not the whole book.
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