Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small

above: Sun The Gentle, Wind
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven

The third [nine], undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed; or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.

Line 3, though strong, and in the proper place, yet not being in the center, is supposed to be less able to resist the restraint of line 4; and hence it has the ill omens that are given.