Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small
above: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder
below: K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
The second [six], divided, shows its subject passing by his grandfather and meeting with his grandmother; not attempting anything against his ruler, but meeting him as his minister. There will be no error.
Line 2 is weak, but in its proper place, and in the center. Its correlate is 5, which is also a weak line. The lines 3 and 4 between them are both strong; and are supposed to represent the grandfather of the subject of 2; but he or she goes past them, and meets with the grandmother in 5. Again, 5 is the ruler's seat. The subject of 2 moves on to him, but not as an enemy; but humbly and loyally, as his minister according to the attributes of a weak line in the central place. It must be allowed that this view of the symbolism and its interpretation are obscure and strained.