Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning
above: K'an The Abysmal, Water
below: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder
The first [nine], undivided, shows the difficulty (its subject has) in advancing. It will be advantageous for him to abide correct and firm; advantageous (also) to be made a feudal ruler.
The first line is undivided, showing the strength of its subject. He will be capable of action and his place in the trigram of nobility will the more dispose him to it. But above him is the trigram of peril; and the lowest line of that, to which he must especially look for response and cooperation, is divided and weak. Hence arise the ideas of difficulty in advancing, the necessity of caution, and the advantage of his being clothed with authority.