Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small
above: Sun The Gentle, Wind
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
Nine in the second place means:
He allows himself to be drawn into returning.
Good fortune.
One would like to press forward, but before going farther one sees from
the example of others like oneself that this way is blocked. In such a
case, if the effort to push forward is not in harmony with the time, a
reasonable and resolute man will not expose himself to a personal
rebuff, but will retreat with others of like mind. This brings good
fortune, because he does not needlessly jeopardize himself.