63. After the End · 既濟 九三

Line 3 of hexagram 63

In practice

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The poetry

The High Ancestor attacks the land of Guifang; in three years he conquers it. Do not employ the petty person.

九三:高宗伐鬼方,三年克之,小人勿用。

象曰:三年克之,憊也。

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