Hsieh / Deliverance
above: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder
below: K'an The Abysmal, Water
Six at the top means:
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall.
He kills it. Everything serves to further.
The hawk on a high wall is the symbol of a powerful inferior in a high
position who is hindering the deliverance. He withstands the force of
inner influences, because he is hardened in his wickedness. He must be
forcibly removed, and this requires appropriate means. Confucius says
about this line:
The hawk is the object of the hunt; bow and arrow are the tools and
means. The marksman is man (who must make proper use of the means to
his end). The superior man contains the means in his own person. He
bides his time and then acts. Why then should not everything go well?
He acts and is free. Therefore all he has to do is to go forth, and he
takes his quarry. This is how a man fares who acts after he has made
ready the means.