24. Coming Back · 復 上六
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In practice
If you let opportunities slip by and don't act at the right moment, it will no longer be possible to put things back in order, and you'll have to wait for new options to appear, which may take some time.
The poetry
A lost return. Misfortune; there is calamity and ruin. If armies are set marching, in the end there will be a great defeat that reaches the ruler of the country. Misfortune. Not for ten years can a campaign be undertaken.
上六：迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君，凶；至于十年，不克征。
象曰：迷復之凶，反君道也。
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