5. Inaction · 需 九五

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In practice

It's important to keep your goal, but relax, rest and watch without acting.

The poetry

Waiting with wine and food. Constancy brings good fortune.

九五:需于酒食,貞吉。

象曰:酒食,貞吉,以中正也。

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