Careful Execution

The Way is open. Lay out the offerings. The cause for sorrow disappears. Nothing not advantageous. Do not initiate something, complete it. Before seedburst, three days; after seedburst, three days. Your work will be rewarded. Make an effort and everything will benefit. Do not initiate things, go through with what you started. Watch everything carefully before and after it has begun. Do not involve yourself in corruption. Honor only the highest ideals. Let yourself be led and you can realize hidden potential. Co-operate with the on-going process of change.

九五, 貞吉, 悔亡, 无不利, 无初有終, 先庚三日, 後庚三日, 吉.

Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse vanishes. ##### Comments Nothing that does not further. No beginning, but an end. Before the change, three days. After the change, three days. Good fortune. In the situation described in Ku, WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPOILED 18, an entirely new point of departure must be set up, whereas here it is only a question of reforms. The beginning has not been good, but the moment has been reached when a new direction can be taken. Change and improvement are called for. Such steps must be undertaken with steadfastness, that is, with a firm and correct attitude of mind; then they will succeed, and remorse will disappear. But it must be remembered that such improvements require careful consideration. Before a change is made, it must be pondered over again and again. After the change is made, it is necessary to note carefully for some time after how the improvements bear the test of actuality. Such careful work is accompanied by good fortune.