Li / The Clinging, Fire
above:Li The Clinging, Flame
below:Li The Clinging, Flame
The topmost [nine], undivided, shows the king employing its subject in his punitive expeditions. Achieving admirable (merit), he breaks (only) the chiefs (of the rebels). Where his prisoners were not their associates, he does not punish. There will be no error.
Line 6, strong and at the top of the figure, has the intelligence denoted by its trigrams in the highest degree, and his own proper vigor. Through these his achievements are great, but his generous consideration is equally