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64. 未濟 Wèi Jì, Not Yet Across

未濟:亨,小狐汔濟,濡其尾,無攸利。

彖曰:未濟,亨;柔得中也。小狐汔濟,未出中也。濡其尾,無攸利;不續終也。雖不當位,剛柔應也。

象曰:火在水上,未濟;君子以慎辨物居方。

初六:濡其尾,吝。

象曰:濡其尾,亦不知極也。

九二:曳其輪,貞吉。

象曰:九二貞吉,中以行正也。

六三:未濟,征凶,利涉大川。

象曰:未濟征凶,位不當也。

九四:貞吉,悔亡,震用伐鬼方,三年有賞于大國。

象曰:貞吉悔亡,志行也。

六五:貞吉,無悔,君子之光,有孚,吉。

象曰:君子之光,其暉吉也。

上九:有孚于飲酒,無咎,濡其首,有孚失是。

象曰:飲酒濡首,亦不知節也。

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