54. A Subordinate Role · 歸妹 上六
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In practice
Holding a subordinate position with resentment or unease only makes you lose the rewards you'd find if you did it wholeheartedly.
The poetry
The woman holds the basket, and there is nothing in it; the man cuts the sheep, and there is no blood. Nothing is favorable.
上六：女承筐无實，士刲羊无血，无攸利。
象曰：上六无實，承虛筐也。
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