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Hexagram
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Richard Wilhelm Interpretation
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Modern Interpretation
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01.
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The Creative
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Possessing Creative Power & Skill
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02.
¦¦¦¦¦¦ Field (坤 kūn)
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The Receptive
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Needing Knowledge & Skill; Do not force matters and go
with the flow
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03.
|¦¦¦|¦ Sprouting (屯 zhūn)
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Difficulty at the Beginning
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Sprouting
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04.
¦|¦¦¦| Enveloping (蒙 méng)
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Youthful Folly
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Detained, Enveloped and Inexperienced
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05.
|||¦|¦ Attending (需 xū)
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Waiting
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Uninvolvement (Wait for now), Nourishment
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06.
¦|¦||| Arguing (訟 sòng)
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Conflict
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Engagement in Conflict
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07.
¦|¦¦¦¦ Leading (師 shī)
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The Army
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Bringing Together, Teamwork
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08.
¦¦¦¦|¦ Grouping (比 bǐ)
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Holding Together
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Union
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09.
|||¦|| Small Accumulating (小畜 xiǎo chù)
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Small Taming
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Accumulating Resources
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10.
||¦||| Treading (履 lǚ)
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Treading (Conduct)
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Continuing with Alertness
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11.
|||¦¦¦ Pervading (泰 tài)
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Peace
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Pervading
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12.
¦¦¦||| Obstruction (否 pǐ)
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Standstill
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Stagnation
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13.
|¦|||| Concording People (同人 tóng rén)
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Fellowship
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Fellowship, Partnership
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14.
||||¦| Great Possessing (大有 dà yǒu)
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Great Possession
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Independence, Freedom
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15.
¦¦|¦¦¦ Humbling (謙 qiān)
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Modesty
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Being Reserved, Refraining
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16.
¦¦¦|¦¦ Providing-For (豫 yù)
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Enthusiasm
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Inducement, New Stimulus
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17.
|¦¦||¦ Following (隨 suí)
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Following
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Following
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18.
¦||¦¦| Corrupting (蠱 gǔ)
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Work on the Decayed
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Repairing
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19.
||¦¦¦¦ Nearing (臨 lín)
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Approach
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Approaching Goal, Arriving
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20.
¦¦¦¦|| Viewing (觀 guān)
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Contemplation
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The Withholding
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21.
|¦¦|¦| Gnawing Bite (噬嗑 shì kè)
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Biting Through
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Deciding
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22.
|¦|¦¦| Adorning (賁 bì)
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Grace
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Embellishing
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23.
¦¦¦¦¦| Stripping (剝 bō)
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Splitting Apart
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Stripping, Flaying
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24.
|¦¦¦¦¦ Returning (復 fù)
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Return
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Returning
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25.
|¦¦||| Without Embroiling (無妄 wú wàng)
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Innocence
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Without Rashness
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26.
|||¦¦| Great Accumulating (大畜 dà chù)
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Great Taming
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Accumulating Wisdom
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27.
|¦¦¦¦| Swallowing (頤 yí)
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Mouth Corners
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Seeking Nourishment
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28.
¦||||¦ Great Exceeding (大過 dà guò)
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Great Preponderance
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Great Surpassing
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29.
¦|¦¦|¦ Gorge (坎 kǎn)
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The Abysmal Water
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Darkness, Gorge
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30.
|¦||¦| Radiance (離 lí)
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The Clinging
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Clinging, Attachment
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31.
¦¦|||¦ Conjoining (咸 xián)
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Influence
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Attraction
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32.
¦|||¦¦ Persevering (恆 héng)
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Duration
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Perseverance
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Hexagram
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R. Wilhelm
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Modern Interpretation
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33.
¦¦|||| Retiring (遯 dùn)
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Retreat
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Withdrawing
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34.
||||¦¦ Great Invigorating (大壯 dà zhuàng)
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Great Power
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Great Boldness
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35.
¦¦¦|¦| Prospering (晉 jìn)
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Progress
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Expansion, Promotion
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36.
|¦|¦¦¦ Brightness Hiding (明夷 míng yí)
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Darkening of the Light
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Brilliance Injured
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37.
|¦|¦|| Dwelling People (家人 jiā rén)
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The Family
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Family
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38.
||¦|¦| Polarising (睽 kuí)
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Opposition
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Division, Divergence
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39.
¦¦|¦|¦ Limping (蹇 jiǎn)
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Obstruction
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Halting, Hardship
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40.
¦|¦|¦¦ Taking-Apart (解 xiè)
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Deliverance
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Liberation, Solution
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41.
||¦¦¦| Diminishing (損 sǔn)
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Decrease
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Decrease
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42.
|¦¦¦|| Augmenting (益 yì)
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Increase
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Increase
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43.
|||||¦ Parting (夬 guài)
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Breakthrough
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Separation
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44.
¦||||| Coupling (姤 gòu)
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Coming to Meet
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Encountering
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45.
¦¦¦||¦ Clustering (萃 cuì)
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Gathering Together
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Association, Companionship
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46.
¦||¦¦¦ Ascending (升 shēng)
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Pushing Upward
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Growing Upward
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47.
¦|¦||¦ Confining (困 kùn)
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Oppression
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Exhaustion
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48.
¦||¦|¦ Welling (井 jǐng)
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The Well
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Replenishing, Renewal
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49.
|¦|||¦ Skinning (革 gé)
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Revolution
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Abolishing the Old
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50.
¦|||¦| Holding (鼎 dǐng)
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The Cauldron
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Establishing the New
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51.
|¦¦|¦¦ Shake (震 zhèn)
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Arousing
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Mobilizing
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52.
¦¦|¦¦| Bound (艮 gèn)
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The Keeping Still
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Immobility
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53.
¦¦|¦|| Infiltrating (漸 jiàn)
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Development
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Auspicious Outlook, Infiltration
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54.
||¦|¦¦ Converting The Maiden (歸妹 guī mèi)
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The Marrying Maiden
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Marrying
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55.
|¦||¦¦ Abounding (豐 fēng)
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Abundance
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Goal Reached, Ambition Achieved
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56.
¦¦||¦| Sojourning (旅 lǚ)
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The Wanderer
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Travel
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57.
¦||¦|| Ground (巽 xùn)
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The Gentle
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Subtle Influence
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58.
||¦||¦ Open (兌 duì)
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The Joyous
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Overt Influence
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59.
¦|¦¦|| Dispersing (渙 huàn)
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Dispersion
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Dispersal
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60.
||¦¦|¦ Articulating (節 jié)
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Limitation
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Discipline
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61.
||¦¦|| Centre Confirming (中孚 zhōng fú)
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Inner Truth
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Staying Focused, Avoid Misrepresentation
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62.
¦¦||¦¦ Small Exceeding (小過 xiǎo guò)
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Small Preponderance
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Small Surpassing
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63.
|¦|¦|¦ Already Fording (既濟 jì jì)
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After Completion
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Completion
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64.
¦|¦|¦| Not-Yet Fording (未濟 wèi jì)
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Before Completion
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Incompletion
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