梅花電腦 - Cosmological Computation Terminal
Watch and wait. Gather information before acting.
Water over lake. Create number and measure, examine the nature of virtue and correct conduct. A lake can contain only a definite amount of the infinite quantity of water—this is its peculiarity. In human life, the individual achieves significance through discrimination and setting of limits. Unlimited possibilities are not suited to us; if they existed, life would only dissolve in the boundless. To become strong, life needs the limitations ordained by duty and voluntarily accepted.
Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune. When the time for action has come, the moment must be quickly seized. Just as water first collects in a lake without flowing out, yet is certain to find an outlet when the lake is full, so it is in the life of a person. It is good to hesitate so long as the time for action has not come—but no longer. Once obstacles to action have been removed, anxious hesitation is a mistake bound to bring disaster because you miss your opportunity.