Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great
above:Tui The Joyous, Lake
below:Sun The Gentle, Wind
The fifth [nine], undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion for blame nor praise.
Line 5 is strong and central. Its subject should be equal to achieve extraordinary merit. But he has no proper correlate below, and as 2 inclined to 1, so does this to 6. But here the willow only produces flowers, not shoots; -its decay will soon reappear. An old wife will have no children. If the subject of the line is not to be condemned as that of 3, his action does not deserve praise.