Hsu / Waiting (Nourishment)

above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven

The third [nine], undivided, shows its subject in the mud (close by the stream). He thereby invites the approach of injury.

In paragraph 3 the subject is on the brink of the stream. His advance to that position has provoked resistance, which may result in his injury.