2. Passivity · 坤 初六

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Things can decline without anyone noticing. It's time to take precautions so the decline doesn't become total.

The poetry

Frost underfoot. Firm ice is on its way.

初六:履霜,堅冰至。

象曰:履霜堅冰,陰始凝也。馴致其道,至堅冰也。

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