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______ Hexagram Sixty:  
       Chieh / Limitations

Waters difficult to keep
within the Lake's banks:
The Superior Person
examines the nature of virtue
and makes himself a standard
that can be followed.

Self-discipline brings success;
but restraints too binding
bring self-defeat.



Hexagram Sixty/Line One:
Roaming his own garden
and courtyard,
he never strays out the gate.
No mistake.


Hexagram Sixty/Line Two:
Pacing his own garden
and courtyard,
he refuses to pass out the gate.
Misfortune.


Hexagram Sixty/Line Three:
He without self-restraint today
forges the shackles
that hobble him tomorrow.


Hexagram Sixty/Line Four:
He is most content
in frugality and simplicity:
the highest success.


Hexagram Sixty/Line Five:
He travels easily
with economy and simplicity.
This brings merit.


Hexagram Sixty/Line Six:
Self-discipline
teetering toward
self-destruction.
An empty martyrdom.
Turn back.

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