The Clinging — 五六

The Line

Interpretation

Here is the high point of life. Without warning, in this position one would consume oneself like a flame. If one instead gives up fear and hope, recognizes the nullity of everything and weeps and sighs, careful to preserve one's clarity, then out of this sorrow comes good fortune. This is a matter of real turning back, not, as in the nine in the third place, merely a passing mood.