Hsu / Waiting (Nourishment)
above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
The third [nine], undivided, shows its subject in the mud (close by the stream). He thereby invites the approach of injury.
In paragraph 3 the subject is on the brink of the stream. His advance to that position has provoked resistance, which may result in his injury.