P'i / Standstill [Stagnation]
above: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
below: K'un The Receptive, Earth
The fourth [nine], undivided, shows its subject acting in accordance with the ordinance (of Heaven), and committing no error. His companions will come and share in his happiness.
Does the ming of the fourth line mean 'the ordination of Heaven', as Ku Hsi thinks; or the orders of the ruler, as Khang-tze says? Whichever interpretation be taken (and some critics unite the two), the action of the subject of the line, whose strength is tempered by the even position, will be good and correct, and issue in success and happiness.