Shih / The Army
above: K'un The Receptive, Earth
below: K'an The Abysmal, Water
The first [six], divided, shows the host going forth according to the rules (for such a movement). If these be not good, there will be evil.
'The rules', it is said, 'are twofold; - first, that the war be for a righteous end; and second, that the manner of conducting it, especially at the outset, be right.' But how this and the warning in the conclusion should both follow from the divided line being in the first place, has not been sufficiently explained.