Wei Chi / Before Completion
above: Li The Clinging, Flame
below: K'an The Abysmal, Water
Nine at the top means:
There is drinking of wine
In genuine confidence. No blame.
But if one wets his head,
He loses it, in truth.
Before completion, at the dawning of the new time, friends foregather
in an atmosphere of mutual trust, and the time of waiting is passed in
conviviality. Since the new era is hard on the threshold, there is no
blame in this. But one must be careful in all this to keep within
proper bounds. If in his exuberance a man gets drunk, he forfeits the
favorableness of the situation through his intemperance.