Entangled Retreat

Tied Retiring. There is affliction and adversity, the hungry souls and angry ghosts. Accumulate servants and concubines to deal with them. The Way opens. You are entangled in a web of difficulties. You cannot get out of this alone so let others help you. Do not be a victim. You are acting like a young bird afraid to leave the nest but the inner strength is there. You can use your neighbor’s wealth. Proceed step by step. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

九三, 係遯, 有疾厲, 畜臣妾, 吉.

A halted retreat Is nerve-wracking and dangerous. ##### Comments To retain people as men- and maidservants Brings good fortune. When it is time to retreat it is both unpleasant and dangerous to be held back, because then one no longer has freedom of action. In such a case the only expedient is to take into one's service, so to speak, those who refuse to let one go, so that one may at least keep one's initiative and not fall helplessly under their domination. But even with this expedient the situation is far from satisfactory--for what can one hope to accomplish with such servants?