Chi Chi / After Completion
above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: Li The Clinging, Flame
Six in the second place means:
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage.
Do not run after it;
On the seventh day you will get it.
When a woman drove out in her carriage, she had a curtain that hid her
from the glances of the curious. It was regarded as a breach of
propriety to drive on if this curtain was lost. Applied to public life,
this means that a man who wants to achieve something is not receiving
that confidence of the authorities which he needs, so to speak, for his
personal protection. Especially in times "after completion" it may
happen that those who have come to power grow arrogant and conceited
and no longer trouble themselves about fostering new talent.
This as a rule results in office seeking. If a man's superiors withhold
their trust from him, he will seek ways and means of getting it and of
drawing attention to himself. We are warned against such an unworthy
procedure: "Do not seek it." Do not throw yourself away on the world,
but wait tranquilly and develop your personal worth by your own
efforts. Times change. When the six stages of the hexagram have passed,
the new era dawns. That which is a man's own cannot be permanently
lost. It comes to him of its own accord. He need only be able to wait.