I Ching · Book of Changes
Chapter 60
Hexagram 60 · Jie · Limitation
King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)
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Limitation: success. Bitter limitation cannot persevere. 1. Not going out of the door and courtyard. No blame. 2. Not going out of the gate and courtyard. Misfortune. 3. Without limitation, one laments. No blame. 4. Contented limitation. Success. 5. Sweet limitation — good fortune. Going brings honor. 6. Bitter limitation. Perseverance: misfortune. Remorse disappears.