I Ching · #60
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Limitation
水澤節
measure
boundary
discipline
The Judgment
節，亨。苦節不可貞。
Limitation. Success. Galling limitation must not be persevered in.
The Image
澤上有水，節；君子以制數度，議德行。
Water over the lake: the image of Limitation. Thus the superior person creates order and measures.
In one line
Limits are useful; harsh limits are not sustainable.
Trigrams
Lower (inner)
☱
Lake
a lake · Metal
Upper (outer)
☵
Water
water · Water