Six Doors · No. 10
第10卦 履 Lǚ · Treading
Essence: Treading behind the tiger; tact keeps you unbitten.
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Judgment
You are walking directly behind power—stepping on the tiger's tail without being bitten—thanks to tact and correct form. Keep your manners exact and your bearing modest, and even this exposed position stays passable. One careless move changes everything.
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Trigrams
Upper
乾 Heaven
Lower
兑 Lake
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The lines
- Line 1Walk plainly, wanting nothing above your station, and the road stays clear.
- Line 2The quiet one on the level path, uninvolved in the scramble, keeps the surest footing.
- Line 3Half-sighted yet insisting on seeing, lame yet insisting on marching—overreach here gets you bitten.
- Line 4The same dangerous step, taken with genuine trepidation, ends well—caution is the whole difference.
- Line 5Decisiveness suits the position, provided you never stop feeling the risk underfoot.
- Line 6At the end, review the whole path you walked; if it bears inspection, the fortune is complete.
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All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- Line 16 讼 · Conflict
In conflict, settle midway; fighting to the end ruins both.
- Line 225 无妄 · Innocence
Move without scheming; innocence is its own road.
- Line 31 乾 · The Creative
Creative power at full flow; act, and keep acting.
- Line 461 中孚 · Inner Truth
Truth from the center reaches even the unreachable.
- Line 538 睽 · Opposition
Estranged yet related; work the small common ground.
- Line 658 兑 · Joy
Real joy rises from within and grows by being shared.
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