Exact classical source
火在水上，未济。君子以慎辨物居方。
Yarrow editorial translation. Fire above water: Before Completion. Thus the noble person carefully distinguishes things and places each where it belongs.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Put Every Loose Item in Place Before Calling It Done
Read Hexagram 64 Wei Ji as elements not yet in their proper relation, then classify every loose project item before declaring completion.
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Hexagram 64 · Wei Ji · Before Completion
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Source image
Fire rises while water descends; both are present, but their positions do not yet combine into completed work.
Concrete tension
A project is about to be marked complete while loose files, owners, dependencies, and decisions still drift across channels.
Visible modern action
Write every remaining item on a card and sort the cards into FILE, OWNER, DEPENDENCY, or DECISION. Move each card into exactly one place, resolve duplicates, and leave nothing under MISCELLANEOUS before closing the project.
Why this action comes from this source
The source answers before-completion by carefully distinguishing things and placing them correctly. Four named columns and the ban on a miscellaneous pile make that classification visible rather than allowing organization to remain a slogan.
Reflection question
Which loose item is still in the wrong place before completion?
Audience value
Informative: it turns the source's distinguish-and-place instruction into an auditable four-column completion check without promising success.
Source boundary
The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.