Youthful Folly — 二六

The Line

Interpretation

Here a man is depicted who has no outward power but possesses the strength of spirit necessary to carry the responsibility resting upon him. He has the inner superiority and strength that knows how to bear the inadequacies of human folly with gentleness. The same attitude applies in relation to women as the weaker sex. One must know how to handle them and to acknowledge them with a certain chivalrous forbearance. Only through this union of inner strength and outer restraint will one be able to take on the responsibility of leading a larger social organism and truly succeed in it.