10. Treading Carefully · 履 六三

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In practice

By overestimating your abilities, you may take on tasks you're not prepared for.

The poetry

The one-eyed can see, the lame can walk. Stepping on the tiger's tail, and it bites. Misfortune. A warrior acts for the great prince.

六三:眇能視,跛能履,履虎尾,咥人,凶。武人為于大君。

象曰:眇能視,不足以有明也。跛能履,不足以與行也。咥人之凶,位不當也。武人為于大君,志剛也。

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