Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Pull up and weave the twisted thatch grass, each with its kind. Trial: Wise Words! The Way opens. Make an offering and you will succeed.
Retreat and join with others of like kind. The structure of things has collapsed. Do not act aggressively for this dissolution has fate behind it. You are in the right position to open the new time. Disentangle yourself from old compulsions and accumulate the new spirit. An unexpected encounter will soon change the situation. Step out to meet the new destiny. Gather energy for a decisive new move.
Richard Wilhelm
When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it.
Each according to his kind.
Perseverance brings good fortune and success.
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The text is almost the same as that of the first line of the preceding hexagram, but with a contrary meaning. In the latter a man is drawing another along with him on the road to an official career; here a man is drawing another with him into retirement form public life. This is why the text says here, "Perseverance brings good fortune and success," and not "Undertakings bring good fortune." If it becomes impossible to make our influence count, it is only by retirement that we spare ourselves humiliation. Success in a higher sense can be ours, because we know how to safeguard the value of our personalities.
