9. Small Things · 小畜 上九
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In practice
You get what you want thanks to step-by-step work. Still, don't rest on your laurels: you have to stay constant and keep working little by little.
The poetry
The rain has come, the rest has come. Virtue has piled up like a load. The wife's constancy is in danger. The moon is nearly full. For the noble person, setting out brings misfortune.
上九：既雨既處，尚德載，婦貞厲，月幾望，君子征凶。
象曰：既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
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