Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning

above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder

The second [six], divided, shows (its subject) distressed and obliged to return; (even) the horses of her chariot (also) seem to be retreating. (But) not by a spoiler (she is assailed), but by one who seeks her to be his wife. The young lady maintains her firm correctness and declines a union. After ten years she will be united, and have children.

To the subject of the second line, divided, advance is still more difficult. He is weak in himself; he is pressed by the subject of the strong line below him. But happily that subject, though strong, is correct; and above in the fifth line, in the place of authority, is the strong one, union with whom and the service of whom should be the objects pursued. All these circumstances suggested to the Duke of Kau the idea of a young lady, sought in marriage by a strong wooer, when marriage was unsuitable, rejecting him, and finally, after ten years, marrying a more suitable, the only suitable, match for her.