Stick #97: Powerless to Turn the Tide (Very Unfavorable)

无力回天事已休,过往成败付东流。从此低调从新计,他年亦可竞风流。

Plain reading

The matter is already finished — past success and failure flow east with the stream. From here, plan quietly anew; another year you may still compete with grace.

Interpretation

This is a very unfavorable lot titled "Powerless to Turn the Tide." The matter is finished — past gain and loss flow away. "From here plan quietly anew; another year you may still shine" shows what is done is done; new plan is road.

Advice

Hold a "farewell" for the past — write, burn, or speak — then plan anew. Begin quietly; another year you may still compete with grace.

From Records of the Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei at Baidi entrusted his heir — knowing what could not be saved, he arranged what followed — another year may still bring glory.

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