Difficult Success

Biting through parched meat. Acquiring bronze and gold. Trial: Going through adversity is advantageous. Confront the hungry souls and angry ghosts. This is not a mistake. Getting through this is a long arduous task but you acquire wealth and connection in the end. Disentangle yourself from this sudden and unexpected affliction. See it as a spiritual problem, not a literal one and you will soon rejoice. You are carrying a hidden secret, something that can renew the place you live and work. Have patience. Gather energy for a decisive move.

六五, 噬乾肉, 得黃金, 貞厲, 无咎.

Bites on dried lean meat. Receives yellow gold. Perseveringly aware of danger. ##### Comments No blame. The case to be decided is indeed not easy but perfectly clear. Since we naturally incline to leniency, we must make every effort to be like yellow gold-that is, as true as gold and as impartial as yellow, the color of the middle [the mean]. It is only by remaining conscious of the dangers growing out of the responsibility we have assumed that we can avoid making mistakes.