Li / The Clinging, Fire

above:Li The Clinging, Flame
below:Li The Clinging, Flame

The fourth [nine], undivided, shows the manner of its subject's coming. How abrupt it is, as with fire, with death, to be rejected (by all)!

The strength of line 4, and its being in an even place, makes its subject appear in this unseemly manner, disastrous to himself.