23. The Fall · 剝 初六
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In practice
Your enemies have the power now and use any means to damage your image, even slander. All you can do is keep your inner strength and wait for better times.
The poetry
The bed is stripped at the legs. Constancy is destroyed: misfortune.
初六：剝牀以足，蔑貞凶。
象曰：剝牀以足，以滅下也。
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