21. Biting · 噬嗑 初九

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In practice

If you realize you're doing the wrong thing, take responsibility for your actions and change course quickly.

The poetry

Feet in the stocks, the toes lost from sight. No fault.

初九:屨校滅趾,无咎。

象曰:屨校滅趾,不行也。

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