Ching / The Well

above:K'an The Abysmal, Water
below:Sun The Gentle, Wind

The first [six], divided, shows a well so muddy that men will not drink of it, or an old well to which neither birds (nor other creatures) resort.

Line 1, being weak, and at the very bottom of the figure, suggests, or is made to suggest, the symbolism of it. Many men in authority are like such a well; corrupt, useless, unregarded.