Hexagram 43 · Line 5
Breakthrough — 五九
Guai · Wu Jiu
五九 · Wu Jiu
The Line
In dealing with weeds, firm resoluteness is needed. To walk in the middle remains free of blame.
Interpretation
Weeds grow back again and again and are hard to root out. So the struggle against a high-placed petty person requires firm resoluteness. One stands in relation to them, and as a result it is to be feared that one will give up the fight as hopeless, but this must not happen. One must resolutely continue and not let oneself be led from the way. Only thus does one remain free of blame.