Correcting Legacy

Managing and straightening the Father’s Corruption. The offspring correct the faults of their predecessors. Adversity, the hungry souls and angry ghosts. Wise Words! Completing this opens the Way. You must deal with the corruption of authority. Do not be impulsive. Correct yourself first. Disentangle from the old ways. If you let yourself be led you can realize the hidden potential. Co-operate with the ongoing process of change.

初六, 幹父之蠱, 有子考, 无咎, 厲終吉.

Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. If there is a son, No blame rests upon the departed father. Danger. In the end good fortune. ##### Comments Rigid adherence to tradition has resulted in decay. But the decay has not yet penetrated deeply and so can still be easily remedied. It is as if a son were compensated for the decay his father allowed to creep in. Then no blame attaches to the father. However, one must not overlook the danger or take the matter too lightly. Only if one is conscious of the danger connected with every reform will everything go well in the end.