Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Confined and oppressed by trailing creepers, you trip on tree stumps. Say it like this: If you stir up the causes of sorrow, then there will be sorrowing. Chastising opens the Way.
This seeming oppression should not even bother you. If you sit around and lament, then all you will hear is lamentation. You are contesting for mastery in a corrupt situation and you simply cannot win. The source of common good is like an old neglected well. Activate your energy and accept the heavy going. You will find supportive friends. Prepare the decisive new move.
Book of Changes
上六, 困于葛藟, 于臲卼, 曰動悔有悔, 征吉.
Richard Wilhelm
He is oppressed by creeping vines.
He moves uncertainly and says, "Movement brings remorse."
If one feels remorse over this and makes a start,
Good fortune comes.
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A man is oppressed by bonds that can easily be broken. The distress is drawing to an end. But he is still irresolute; he is still influenced by the previous condition and fears that he may have cause for regret if he makes a move. But as soon as he grasps the situation, changes this mental attitude, and makes a firm decision, he masters the oppression.
