Before Completion — Détail — 64 Hexagrammes Divination
离宫Élément火N°64
Wei Ji (Avant l'Achèvement) — Feu sur Eau. Le feu et leau ninteragissent pas, tout est incomplet. Le dernier hexagramme dit incomplet car la vie na pas de fin.
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Trait 1：濡其尾，吝。 Wetting its tail — regret. Setbacks come before completion.
Trait 2：曳其轮，贞吉。 Dragging its wheels — staying upright brings good fortune. Before completion, steady your pace.
Trait 3：未济，征凶。利涉大川。 Not yet complete — campaigning is dangerous, but favorable to cross great rivers. Seeming contradiction signals a special moment.
Trait 4：贞吉，悔亡。震用伐鬼方，三年有赏于大国。 Staying upright brings good fortune — regret vanishes. Thunderously campaigning against Gui Fang; after three years, rewarded by a great state. Persistence brings success.
Trait 5：贞吉，悔亡。震用伐鬼方，三年有赏于大国。 Staying upright brings good fortune — regret vanishes. Thunderously campaigning against Gui Fang; after three years, rewarded by a great state. Persistence brings success.
Trait 6：有孚于饮酒，无咎。濡其首，有孚失是。 Drinking with sincerity — no harm. But wetting the head — though sincere, the right way is lost. The ultimate state of incompletion — forever on the road.