Conflict: you are sincere and are being obstructed. A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune; going through to the end brings misfortune. It furthers one to see the great man; it does not further one to cross the great water. Heaven pulls upward while water flows down — two motions that cannot meet, the very anatomy of dispute.
Heaven and water go their opposite ways: the superior person, in all transactions, carefully considers the beginning. Most conflicts are contracted in their first careless clause; the wise write beginnings that endings can live with.
You are in, or entering, a genuine conflict — and the counsel is sobering: even being right will not make total victory worth its cost. Stop halfway while stopping is still possible; seek a fair arbiter rather than a final battle; and do not launch major ventures on this contested ground. Examine how the dispute began, for the seed of every quarrel is planted at the start. Meet the other party at the table, not at the cliff.
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