I / The Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)

above:K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
below:Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder

The first [nine], undivided, (seems to be thus addressed): "You leave your efficacious tortoise, and look at me till your lower jaw hangs down." There will be evil.

The first line is strong, and in its proper place; its subject might suffice for the nourishing of himself, like a tortoise, which is supposed to live on air, without more solid nourishment. But he is drawn out of himself by desire for the weak 4, his proper correlate, at whom he looks until his jaw hangs down, or, as we say, his mouth waters. Hence the auspice is bad. The symbolism takes the form of an expostulation addressed, we must suppose, by the fourth line to the first.