Hexagram 64: Wèi Jì (Before Completion) · Takashima Ekidan

火水未济 · 第 64 卦 · 中文版

Fire-Water Weiji (Before Completion), Weiji: Success. A little fox, almost cross...

Recorded Cases (7)

A certain friend came asking for a divination on his business of manufacturing goods, and divined We (Initial Six: Gets its tail wet. Humiliation.)
An army colonel asks about military action following the Ganghwa Island incident in September 1875 (Meiji 8) (Nine in the second line: He drags his wheels. Perseverance brings good fortune.)
Divining the political fortunes of the House of Representatives in 1897 (Meiji 30) (Six in the third line: Not yet across; an expedition brings pitfall. It is advantageous to cross the great stream.)
A friend inquires about his long-standing career struggles (Nine in the fourth line: Perseverance brings good fortune and remorse vanishes. Use awe to attack Guifang; in three years there are rewards from the great realm.)
Divining the imperial fortunes of Japan during the Sino-Japanese War on the Winter Solstice of 1894 (Meiji 27) (Nine in the fourth line: Perseverance brings good fortune and remorse vanishes. Use awe to attack Guifang; in three years there are rewards from the great realm.)
A high-ranking official inquires about promotion in official rank (Six in the fifth line: Perseverance brings good fortune, no regret. The light of the gentleman. There is sincerity, good fortune.)
In the dusk of July 27, Meiji 28, I was chatting with a friend in my study when we happened to hear (Top nine: There is sincerity in drinking wine, no blame. Wetting his head, does he retain sincerity if he loses correctness?)