梅花電腦 - Cosmological Computation Terminal
Watch and wait. Gather information before acting.
Water over fire. Take thought of misfortune and arm yourself against it in advance. When water in a kettle hangs over fire, the two elements stand in relation and generate energy. But the resulting tension demands caution. If the water boils over, the fire is extinguished and its energy lost. If the heat is too great, the water evaporates. These elements brought into relation are by nature hostile to each other. Only the most extreme caution can prevent damage. In life too there are junctures when all forces are in balance and everything seems in the best of order. In such times only the sage recognizes the moments that bode danger and knows how to banish it by means of timely precautions.
He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame. In times following a great transition, everything is pressing forward in the direction of development and progress. But this pressing forward at the beginning is not good; it overshoots the mark and leads with certainty to loss and collapse. Therefore a person of strong character does not allow themselves to be infected by the general intoxication but checks their course in time. He may not remain altogether untouched by disastrous consequences, like a fox that at the last minute gets its tail wet, but will not suffer any real harm because behavior has been correct.
You brake your wheels; you get your tail in the water—no blame. In times after completion, everything presses forward, but this pressing forward overshoots the mark. A person of strong character does not allow themselves to be infected by general intoxication but checks their course in time. Like a fox that at the last minute gets its tail wet, you may not remain untouched, but will suffer no real harm because your behavior was correct.