I intimates that, with firm correctness, there will be good fortune. We must consider how we are nourished, and by what means we try to fill the mouth.
The first NINE, undivided, shows you, my son, suspended from the divining plant. The commencement (of the action) will be perilous, but there may be expected good fortune.
The second SIX, divided, shows (its subject) turning from the (proper) course (of seeking nourishment) to the mound (where it is to be got). There will be a deviation from the proper course to seek nourishment, and that nourishment is from the hill. But his action (in this deviation) will not be wrong.
The third SIX, divided, shows (its subject) seeking nourishment in a perverse way. There will be evil for firm correctness. For ten years he must not act in this way; (after that) he will not be unsuccessful.
The fourth SIX, divided, shows (its subject) stopping (the mouth that would be fed), and violently moving the implement for giving the nourishment. There will be misfortune.
The fifth SIX, divided, shows (its subject) falling over the mound from which he sought nourishment. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
The topmost NINE, undivided, shows (its subject) with the peril of the matter from which nourishment comes, and yet being kept firm and correct. There will be good fortune. It will be advantageous to cross the great stream. © 2026 I-Ching Divination. All rights reserved.