Hexagram 8 · Line 1
Holding Together — 初六
Bi · Chu Liu
初六 · Chu Liu
The Line
Hold to him truly and faithfully: that is no blame. Truth, like a full earthen bowl: so in the end good fortune comes from without.
Interpretation
When it is a matter of forming relationships, full truthfulness is the only right foundation. This disposition, represented by the image of a filled earthen bowl in which all is substance and nothing empty form, expresses itself not in clever words but through the strength of the inner being, and this strength is so great that it powerfully draws good fortune to it from without.