Hsieh / Deliverance
above: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder
below: K'an The Abysmal, Water
The second [nine], undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (= golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will good fortune.
Ku Hsi says he does not understand the symbolism under line 2. The place is even, but the line itself is strong; the strength therefore is modified or tempered. And 2 is the correlate of the ruler in 5. We are to look to its subject therefore for a minister striving to realize the idea of the hexagram, and pacify the subdued kingdom. He becomes a hunter, and disposes of unworthy men, represented by 'the three foxes'. He also gets the yellow arrows, - the instruments used in war or in hunting, whose color is 'correct', and whose form is 'straight'. His firm correctness will be good.