Provide Nourishment

Sprouting: its juice. Reward of food for the soldiers. Trial for the Small: Wise Words! The Way is open. Trial for the Great: Trap! The Way is closed. You have found the essence of growth. Make sure everything gets what it needs. Adapt to what happens, do not try to impose your will. Be generous now and you can renew the entire situation. Mark things off clearly and strip away old ideas. Let in the new connections and take control of your dwelling.

九五, 屯其膏. 小, 貞吉, 大, 貞凶.

Difficulties in blessing. A little perseverance brings good fortune. Great perseverance brings misfortune. ##### Comments An individual is in a position in which he cannot so express his good intentions that they will actually take shape and be understood. Other people interpose and distort everything he does. He should then be cautious and proceed step by step. He must not try to force the consummation of a great undertaking, because success is possible only when general confidence already prevails. It is only through faithful and conscientious work, unobtrusively carried on, that the situation gradually clears up and the hindrance disappears.