Kî Zî intimates that (in the state which it describes) there will be progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning, and there may be the disorder of its close.
The first NINE, undivided, shows its subject (like a driver) who drags back his wheel, or (like a fox) which wets his tail (when trying to cross a stream). There will be no error.
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject with the loss of the curtain of his carriage. Let him not go out of his door, and then he will realize the firm correctness of his position.
The third NINE, undivided, shows (its subject) with the High Ancestor bringing about his successful completion (of the past). There will be peril, but in the end there will be good fortune.
The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject with his clothes in rags, and all his caution gone. The position is perilous.
The fifth NINE, undivided, shows its subject with his clothes only a little injured. There will be no error.
The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject with his head immersed. The position is perilous. © 2026 I-Ching Divination. All rights reserved.