Humble Offering

Adorning in the hilltop garden. The marriage gifts. The roll of plain silk is little, little. Distress. Wise Words! Completing this opens the Way. You are asked to become a member of a great organization. Though you feel you have little to offer go through with this. Do not be afraid of your enthusiasm. If you confront the situation you can find the hidden power that will lead to what you desire. Use what you receive for the good of all. Gather energy for the decisive new move.

六五, 賁于丘園, 束帛戔戔, 吝, 終吉.

Grace in the hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune. ##### Comments A man withdraws from contact with people of the lowlands, who seek nothing but magnificence and luxury, in to the solitude of the heights. There he finds an individual to look up to, whom he would like to have as a friend. But the gifts he has to offer are poor and few, so that he feels ashamed. However, it is not the material gifts that count, but sincerity of feeling, and so all goes well in the end.