12. Decline · 否初六

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In practice

If you recognize the decline and withdraw in time, warning others about it, you'll succeed later on.

The poetry

The grass is pulled up, and its tangled roots come too, each with its clump. Constancy brings good fortune. Success.

初六：拔茅茹以其彙，貞吉。亨。

象曰：拔茅貞吉，志在君也。

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