Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden
above:Ch^en The Arousing, Thunder
below:Tui The Joyous, Lake
The second [nine], undivided, shows her blind of one eye, and yet able to see. There will be advantage in her maintaining the firm correctness of a solitary widow.
Line 2 is strong, and in the center. The proper correlate is 5, which, however, is weak, and in the place of a strong line. With such a correlate, the able lady cannot do much in the discharge of her proper work. But if she think only of her husband, like the widow who will die rather than marry again, such devotion will have its effect and its reward. Though blind in one eye, she yet manages to see. And so devoted loyalty in an officer will compensate for many disadvantages.