54. A Subordinate Role · 歸妹六三

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In practice

Given the present circumstances, it's better to stay in a subordinate position than to be alone.

The poetry

The young woman marries as a servant; she comes back and marries as a second wife.

六三：歸妹以須，反歸以娣。

象曰：歸妹以須，未當也。

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