Accepting Help

Set out wine in a flask and two sacrificial bowls. Use the earthen vessels. Let in the bonds that come through the window. Complete this! It is not a mistake. You are trapped but do not fight the situation. Your rescuers are coming. You are right on the border, the place where events emerge. Though you are confined by a host of oppressive duties they will slowly loosen. Concentrate on your real ideals. The people approaching you are not outlaws. Attribute great wisdom to the connection. You will find supportive friends. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

六四, 樽酒, 簋貳, 用缶, 納約自牖, 終无咎.

A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with it; Earthen vessels ##### Comments Simply handed in through the Window. There is certainly no blame in this. In times of danger ceremonious forms are dropped. What matters most is sincerity. Although as a rule it is customary for an official to present certain introductory gifts and recommendations before he is appointed, here everything is simplified to the utmost. The gifts are insignificant, there is no one to sponsor him, he introduces himself; yet all this need not be humiliating if only there is the honest intention of mutual help in danger. Still another idea is suggested. The window is the place through which light enters the room. If in difficult times we want to enlighten someone, we must begin with that which is in itself lucid and proceed quite simply from that point on.