شش خطی 64
پیش از تکمیل، پایان در دیدرس (Wei Ji)

This one gets his tail wet, which means humiliation. { W.B: First Yin is located at the beginning of Ferrying Incomplete, abiding at the very bottom of danger [Kan (Sink Hole)], and represents one who thus cannot ferry himself across. However, this one desires to go to his resonate partner [Fourth Yang], so when it tries to advance, it gets its body soaked. Ferrying Incomplete begins in such a way that it starts where Ferrying Complete [Hexagram 63] leaves off with Top Yin, which, though it gets its head wet, will not turn back. Here it [Top Yin of Ferrying Complete now become First Yin of Ferrying Incomplete] goes so far as to get its tail wet. It represents someone who does not know that he has reached his own limits. However, as a yin that occupies this lowly position, First Yin is not one to advance to the point of overreaching but merely tries to fulfill its innate sense of purpose [in joining with Fourth Yang]. When such a one encounters difficulty, it is capable of turning back. This is why the text does not say “misfortune.” One at First Yin finds the scope of his actions already determined, yet he only turns back when he encounters the inevitable difficulties involved. This is indeed the height of stupid obstinacy! Thus the text says “humiliation.”}

This one drags his wheels. Such constancy means good fortune. { W.B: The character of Second Yang is hard and strong, and it treads the middle path [practices the Mean]. Moreover, it is in a resonate relationship with Fifth Yin. Although the character of Fifth Yin is yin and weak, Second Yang identifies its interests with Fifth Yin and does not try to usurp responsibilities on its own. Here at this time of Ferrying Incomplete such a one finds himself in the midst of danger and difficulty. Imbued with strength and centrality, he is invested with responsibilities. As such. Second Yang represents someone who can rescue the times from danger and difficulty, someone who can put things in order and make them go smoothly again. One may use strength to save the world from trouble, but the way to deal with that trouble lies in rectifying things while at the same time avoiding any violation of the Mean. This is why the text says: “This one drags his wheels. Such constancy means good fortune.”6}

Ferrying Incomplete is such that to set out to do something here would mean misfortune, but it is fitting to cross the great river. { W.B: Because of its yin character and because it is out of its rightful place [it is a yin line in a yang position] and so abiding in danger, Third Yin cannot ferry itself across. If such a one, with his incorrect character and lacking sufficient strength to ferry himself across, were to try to advance here, he would lose his life. Thus the text says: “To set out to do something here would mean misfortune.” However, Second Yang can save others from danger and difficulty, so one at Third Yin pairs up with Second Yang, discards his own chances, and entrusts himself to Second Yang. If he rides atop Second Yang in this way, how could he ever drown? And why would he ever find Ferrying Incomplete a source of grief? Thus the text says: “It is fitting to cross the great river.”}

Constancy results in good fortune, and thus regret vanishes. As a burst of thunder, this one attacks the Demon Territory,7 for which after three years he is rewarded with a large state. { W.B: Fourth Yang may find itself at a time of Ferrying Incomplete, but one here has emerged out of danger and difficulty [i.e., he is out of the Kan (Sink Hole) trigram] and abides at the beginning of civility and enlightenment [the Li (Cohesion) trigram, representing fire, brightness, intelligence, etc.]. This one embodies hardness and strength and, as such, draws near to the exalted one [Fifth Yin, the ruler of the hexagram]. Although where he treads is not his rightful position [it is a yang line in a yin position], his will is fixed on righteousness, and this is why “constancy results in good fortune, and thus regret [at being in the wrong position] vanishes.” Here one’s will can be realized, for no one withstands his use of martial force. Thus the text says: “As a burst of thunder, this one attacks the Demon Territory.” This attack on the Demon Territory is a campaign that determines whether the realm rises or falls. Thus each time the realm reaches such a life or death crisis, such a one should choose this course as the right thing to do. Fourth Yang is located at the beginning of civility and enlightenment and has just begun to emerge from danger and difficulty, thus his virtue has not yet reached the peak of its powers. Thus the text says “after three years” [i.e., the conquest takes three years, after which he gets his reward]. Fifth Yin occupies the exalted position with softness and weakness and in character embodies the height of civility and enlightenment, so one here does not grab credit for the achievements of others. Thus he rewards Fourth Yang with a large state.}

Constancy results in good fortune, and thus this one avoids regret. The glory of the noble man is due to the sincerity he has, which brings good fortune. { W.B: Fifth Yin occupies the exalted position with softness and weakness and is located at the height of civility and enlightenment, for this is the ruler of the Ferrying Incomplete hexagram. Thus it is that this one must behave with rectitude, for only then should he have good fortune. And only with such good fortune should he manage to avoid regret. Thanks to his character, which consists of softness and compliance, civility and enlightenment, this one occupies the exalted position in such a way that he entrusts responsibility to the capable and does not attempt to take charge of everything himself. He tempers military action with his civil virtues and modifies hardness and strength with his tenderness, all of which truly represents “the glory of the noble man.” Such a one entrusts responsibility to another because of his ability and does not harbor suspicions about him. Thus that other [Fourth Yang] exerts himself to the utmost and achieves meritorious success in the conquest [over the Demon Territory, i.e., the world’s troubles]. Thus the text says: “The sincerity he has…brings good fortune.”}

This one has confidence and so engages in drinking wine, about which there is no blame, but he might get his head wet, for this one with his confidence could do violence to what is right. { W.B: Here at the very end of Ferrying Incomplete there is about to be a return to Ferrying Complete [Hexagram 63]. The Dao of Ferrying Complete is such that positions are filled only with people proper to them. As positions are to be filled then only with people proper to them, this one can have confidence in his own chances without the least doubt. Thus he can take his ease here [and wait for the times to change]. This is why the text says: “This one has confidence and so engages in drinking wine, about which there is no blame.” As one at Top Yang can place his trust in others, he manages to achieve a happy, carefree state of mind and does not grieve about the way things decline. However, he may not grieve about the way things decline, but if he were to overindulge himself in the pursuit of pleasure, he would eventually come to violate the rules of propriety, that is, through having too much confidence, he would do violence to what is right. Thus the text says: “He might get his head wet [i.e., fall into the world’s troubles], for this one with his confidence could do violence to what is right.”}

[Image Commentary]
If this one were to get his head wet because of drinking wine, it would be because he does not know enough to keep to the rules of propriety.