Pi indicates that under the conditions which it supposes there is good fortune. But let the principal party intended in it re-examine himself, as if by divination, whether his virtue be great, unintermitting, and firm. If it be so, there will be no error. Those who have not rest will then come to him; and with those who are too late in coming it will be ill.
1. The lowest six, shows its subject seeking by his sincerity to win the attachment of his object. There will be no error. Let the breast be full of sincerity as an earthenware vessel is of its contents, and it will in the end bring other advantages.
2. In the second six, we see the movement towards union and attachment proceeding from the inward mind. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
3. In the third six, we see its subject seeking for union with such as ought not to be associated with.
4. In the fourth six, we see its subject seeking for union with the one beyond himself. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
5. The fifth nine, affords the most illustrious instance of seeking union and attachment. We seem to see in it the king urging his pursuit of the game only in three directions, and allowing the escape of all the animals before him, while the people of his towns do not warn one another to prevent it. There will be good fortune.
6. In the topmost six, we see one seeking union and attachment without having taken the first step to such an end. There will be evil.