Hexagram # 62

Hexagram 62. Hsiao Kuo
Preponderance of the Small  HSIAO KWO

Exceeding in small things I've heard
To soar to high is risky for the bird.  

The issue's evil when birds soar too high;  
The wisest course is humble loyalty.  
Without precautions, enemies assail;  
But adaptation and sound care avail.  
Birds in cave - sure marks for archer's eye!  
Ambition, in bad times, is lunacy.

(Hexagram 62. Hsiao Kuo. Alternative)  
Preponderance of the Small  HSIAO KWO

Excessive trifles; but beware
In great things not to trust thyself to air.

Winged though thou be, soar not too rashly-high!  
Let not self seeking out run loyalty!  
Men be incaution ask their foes to assail;  
Tact and adroitness help one to prevail,  
At easiest mark, let thine arrows fly!  
Uncurbed ambition courts calamity.