Hexagram 60 · 節 jié
Measure · line 6
上六：苦節，貞凶，悔亡。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject enacting regulations severe and difficult. Even with firmness and correctness there will be evil. But though there will be cause for repentance, it will (by and by) disappear.
James Legge, 1882
Hexagram 60 Measure · Judgement
節：亨，苦節不可貞。
Kieh intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.
James Legge, 1882