Kuai / Break-through (Resoluteness)
above:Tui The Joyous, Lake
below:Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
The second [nine], undivided, shows its subject full of apprehension and appealing (for sympathy). Late at night hostile measures may be (taken against him), but he need not be anxious about them.
Line 2 is strong, and central, and its subject is possessed with the determination to do his part in the work of removal. But his eagerness is tempered by the occupancy of an even place; and he is cautious, and no attempts, however artful, to harm him will take effect.