Chien / Obstruction

above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain

The fifth [nine], undivided, shows its subject struggling with the greatest difficulties while friends are coming to help him.

Line 5 is the king, the man great and strong. He can cope with the difficulties, and the subjects of 2 and the other lines of the lower trigram give their help.