Ming I / Darkening of the Light

above: K'un The Receptive, Earth
below: Li The Clinging, Flame

The third [nine], undivided, shows its subject, (in the condition indicated by) Ming I, hunting in the south and taking the great chief (of the darkness). He should not be eager to make (all) correct (at once).

Line 3, strong and in a strong place, is the topmost line of the lower trigram. It responds also to line 6, in which the idea of the sovereign, emblemed by the upper trigram, is concentrated. The lower trigram is the emblem of light or brightness, the idea of which again is expressed by the south, to which we turn when we look at the sun in its meridian height. Hence the subject of the line becomes a hunter pursuing his game, and successfully. The good officer will be successful in his struggle; but let him not be over eager to put all things right at once.