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The Taming Power of the Small Hexagram 9 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
The small tames the great by gentleness
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The Judgment
The Taming Power of the Small — success; dense clouds, no rain from our western region.
The Six Moving Lines
- Nine at the beginningReturn to the way; how could there be blame? Good fortune.初九：复自道，何其咎，吉。
- Nine in the second placeLets himself be drawn into returning; good fortune.九二：牵复，吉。
- Nine in the third placeThe spokes burst out of the wagon wheels; man and wife roll their eyes.九三：舆说辐，夫妻反目。
- Six in the fourth placeIf you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way; no blame.六四：有孚，血去惕出，无咎。
- Nine in the fifth placeIf you are sincere and loyally united, you become rich through your neighbor.九五：有孚挛如，富以其邻。
- Nine at the topRain comes, rest comes; this is due to the lasting virtue; the wife treads persistently, danger; the moon nearly full — the superior man should not persist.上九：既雨既处，尚德载。妇贞厉。月几望，君子征凶。