K'an / The Abysmal (Water)
above:K'an The Abysmal, Water
below:K'an The Abysmal, Water
The second [nine], undivided, shows its subject in all the peril of the defile. He will however get a little (of the deliverance) that he seeks.
Line 2 is strong, and in the center. Its subject is unable, indeed, to escape altogether from the danger; but he does not involve himself more deeply in it like the subject of 1, and obtains some ease.