Approach

The Judgment

臨，元亨利貞。至于八月有凶。

Approach has supreme success. Perseverance furthers. When the eighth month comes, there will be misfortune.

The Image

澤上有地，臨；君子以教思无窮，容保民无疆。

The earth above the lake: the image of Approach. Thus the superior person is inexhaustible in their will to teach.

In one line

A rising tide: lead, teach, and be present while it lasts.

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