Stick #75: Riding a Tiger, Hard to Dismount (Unfavorable)
骑虎难下事已成，中途退返损声名。既已上马须骑稳，小心收尾保全身。
Plain reading
The matter is already begun — turning back midway may harm your name. Having mounted, ride steady; finish with care and preserve yourself whole.
Interpretation
This is an unfavorable lot titled "Riding a Tiger, Hard to Dismount." The deed is done; retreat mid-course may damage reputation. "Having mounted, ride steady; finish carefully and preserve the whole body" shows once committed, steady riding and clean ending matter — do not quit rashly.
Advice
Accept that you have "mounted" and stop wishing you had not. Focus on the ending — clear debts, settle quarrels, guard reputation — and leave room for the next journey.
From the Book of Jin, biography of Pan Yue: "On the tiger, one dares not dismount; climbing the dragon, one suddenly loses heaven" — once riding, hold steady; those who enter must finish well.