Tun / Retreat
above: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
below: K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
The second [six], divided, shows its subject holding fast (his purpose) as if by a (thong made from the) hide of a yellow ox, which cannot be broken.
'His purpose' in line 2 is the purpose to withdraw. The weak 2 responds correctly to the strong 5, and both are central. The purpose therefore is symbolled as in the text. The 'yellow' color of the ox is introduced because of its being 'correct', and of a piece with the central place of the line.