39. Held Back · 蹇 九三

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In practice

The right thing now is to step back from the obstacles and return to normal conditions, with the people who love you, until the time to act comes.

The poetry

Going: hardship. Coming: a return.

九三:往蹇來反。

象曰:往蹇來反,內喜之也。

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