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Hexagram 64 · Wèi Jì ䷿
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未濟：亨。小狐汔濟，濡其尾，无攸利。
初六：濡其尾，吝。
九二：曳其輪，貞吉。
六三：未濟，征凶，利涉大川。
九四：貞吉，悔亡，震用伐鬼方，三年有賞于大國。
六五：貞吉，无悔，君子之光，有孚，吉。
上九：有孚于飲酒，无咎，濡其首，有孚失是。
彖曰：未濟，亨；柔得中也。小狐汔濟，未出中也。濡其尾，无攸利；不續終也。雖不當位，剛柔應也。
象曰：火在水上，未濟；君子以慎辨物居方。
濡其尾，亦不知極也。
九二貞吉，中以行正也。
未濟征凶，位不當也。
貞吉悔亡，志行也。
君子之光，其暉吉也。
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Wei Ji (Before Completion): Success. A young fox has almost crossed, but wets its tail. Nothing is favorable.
Six at the beginning: Wetting the tail. Humiliation.
Nine in the second place: Dragging the wheels. Steadfastness brings good fortune.
Six in the third place: Before completion, marching brings misfortune. It is favorable to cross the great river.
Nine in the fourth place: Steadfastness brings good fortune; regret vanishes. With a thunderous attack on the Ghost Country, after three years comes a reward from the great realm.
Six in the fifth place: Steadfastness brings good fortune and no regret. The noble person's light shines with sincerity. Good fortune.
Nine at the top: Drinking wine in trust brings no blame. But wetting the head means trust loses what is right.
The Judgment Commentary says: Wei Ji succeeds because the yielding attains the center. The young fox almost crosses, but has not yet left the middle of the stream. It wets its tail, and nothing is favorable, for it cannot carry the work through to the end. Though the lines are not in their fitting positions, firm and yielding answer each other.
The Image Commentary says: Fire above water: Wei Ji. Thus the noble person carefully distinguishes things and assigns each its place.
Wetting the tail means failing to recognize the limit.
Steadfast good fortune for the second nine: from the center it acts uprightly.
Before completion, marching brings misfortune because the position is not fitting.
Steadfast good fortune and the vanishing of regret: the will goes forward.
The noble person's light: its radiance brings good fortune.
Drinking wine and wetting the head means failing to recognize restraint.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Wei Ji (Not Yet Across): Success. A young fox nearly makes it across but gets its tail wet. Nothing is favorable.
Six at the beginning: It gets its tail wet. Humiliation.
Nine in the second place: He drags his wheels. Staying the course brings good fortune.
Six in the third place: Not yet across. Setting out brings misfortune, but it is favorable to cross the great river.
Nine in the fourth place: Staying the course brings good fortune and regret disappears. March out to attack the Gui Fang people; in three years there are rewards from the great state.
Six in the fifth place: Staying the course brings good fortune and no regret. The noble person's light shines with sincerity. Good fortune.
Nine at the top: Drinking wine together in trust brings no blame. But if he gets his head wet, he loses what is right despite his sincerity.
The Judgment Commentary says: Wei Ji (Not Yet Across) brings success because the yielding reaches the middle. The young fox nearly makes it across but has not yet left the middle of the stream. Getting its tail wet means nothing is favorable, because it cannot finish the crossing. Though the lines are not in their proper positions, firm and yielding respond to each other.
The Image Commentary says: Fire above water: this is Wei Ji (Not Yet Across). So the noble person carefully distinguishes things and puts them in their proper places.
Getting its tail wet means it does not know its limits.
The nine in the second place has good fortune by staying the course because it acts rightly from the middle.
Setting out before crossing brings misfortune because the position is not appropriate.
Staying the course brings good fortune and regret disappears because the purpose is achieved.
The noble person's light shines, and its brightness brings good fortune.
Drinking wine and getting his head wet means he does not know when to stop.