Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Flourishing with lowered horns. Adversity, the hungry souls and angry ghosts. Hold fast and attack the capital. Wise Words! The Way is open. Trial for distress: This is not a mistake.
You can control this situation through direct action but you must first confront the negative images you have of things. You are escaping from an impossible situation. You can influence people if you master your words. Work on in the dark to provide for the future. An unconscious force is biting through to help you. These comings and goings will release energy now bound up in the past. Gather your forces for the decisive new move.
Book of Changes
上九, 晉其角, 維用伐邑, 厲吉, 无咎, 貞吝.
Richard Wilhelm
Making progress with the horns is permissible
Only for the purpose of punishing one's own city.
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To be conscious of danger brings good fortune.
No blame.
Perseverance brings humiliation.
Making progress with lowered horns-i.e., acting on the offensive-is permissible, in times like those referred to here, only in dealing with the mistakes of one's own people. Even then we must bear in mind that proceeding on the offensive may always be dangerous. In this way we avoid the mistakes that otherwise threaten, and succeed in what we set out to do. On the other hand, perseverance in such over energetic behavior, especially toward persons with whom there is no close connection, will lead to humiliation.
