3. Initial Obstacles · 屯 初九

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In practice

It's time to let others act for you.

The poetry

Hesitating, circling by the rock. Abiding in constancy is favorable. It is favorable to install lords.

初九:磐桓,利居貞,利建侯。

象曰:雖磐桓,志行正也。以貴下賤,大得民也。

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