T'ai / Peace
above: K'un The Receptive, Earth
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
The topmost [six], divided, shows us the city wall returned into the moat. It is not the time to use the army. (The subject of the line) may, indeed, announce his orders to the people of his own city, but however correct and firm he may be, he will have cause for regret.
The course denoted by Thai has been run; and will be followed by one of a different and unhappy character. The earth dug from the moat had been built up to form a protecting wall; but it is now again fallen into the ditch. War will only aggravate the evil; and however the ruler may address good proclamations to himself and the people of his capital, the coming evil cannot be altogether averted.