Patient Retreat

Lay out the offerings. Wise Words! For Small People the Way is open. Great People are Obstructed. Make an offering and you will succeed. Make a hidden offering and accept that your great idea is obstructed. There is an omen of future happiness here that will gratify all your desires. Flee disputes and go to where you feel welcome. When the quarrels of the past disappear, new friends will seek you out. Step outside the norms. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

六二, 包承, 小人吉, 大人否, 亨.

They bear and endure; This means good fortune for inferior people. The standstill serves to help the great man to attain success. ##### Comments Inferior people are ready to flatter their superiors in a servile way. They would also endure the superior man if he would put an end to their confusion. This is fortunate for them. But the great man calmly bears the consequences of the standstill. He does not mingle with the crowd of the inferior; that is not his place. By his willingness to suffer personally he insures the success of his fundamental principles.