Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Treading. Going simply in white silk shoes. This is not a mistake.
Act on your real desires. Be simple and pure. Changes are coming and if you move with them the happiness you know can endure. Do not try to discipline others now. Leave old disputes behind. Enter the hidden center and the new energy will come without urging. Gather energy for a decisive new move.
Richard Wilhelm
Simple conduct. Progress without blame.
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The situation is one in which we are still not bound by any obligations of social intercourse. If our conduct is simple, we remain free of them We can quietly follow our predilections as long as we are content and make not demands on people. The meaning of the hexagram is not standstill but progress. A man finds himself in an altogether inferior position at the start. However, he has the inner strength that guarantees progress. If he can be content with simplicity, he can make progress without blame. When a man is dissatisfied with modest circumstances, he is restless and ambitious and tries to advance, not for the sake of accomplishing anything worth while, but merely in order to escape from lowliness and poverty by dint of his conduct. Once his purpose is achieved, he is certain to become arrogant and luxury-loving. Therefore blame attaches to his progress. On the other hand, a man who is good at his work is content to behave simply. He wishes to make progress in order to accomplish something. When he attains his goal, he does something worth while, an all is well.
