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噬嗑 Hexagram 21
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above: Li / The Clinging, Fire |
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below: Chên / The Arousing, Thunder |
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CHANGING LINE:
Six in the fifth place means:
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The case to be decided is indeed not easy but perfectly clear. Since we naturally incline to leniency, we must make every effort to be like yellow gold — that is, as true as gold and as impartial as yellow, the color of the middle [the mean]. It is only by remaining conscious of the dangers growing out of the responsibility we have assumed that we can avoid making mistakes.
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