Ch'ien / The Creative

above: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven

In the sixth (or topmost) [nine], undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon is exceeding the proper limits. There will be occasion for repentance.

But the dragon appears in the sixth line as going beyond the proper limits. The ruling-sage has gone through all the sphere in which he is called on to display his attributes; it is time for him to relax. The line should not always be pulled tight; the bow should not be always kept drawn. The unchanging use of force will give occasion for repentance. The moral meaning found in the line is that 'the high shall be abased'.