Hexagram 9: Smallness Tames
Statement: Smallness tames. Persevere. Dense clouds, no rain at my western border.
Top trigram: Wind
Bottom trigram: Heaven
Hexagram Number: 9
Hexagram Name: Smallness Tames
Line 1 comment: Return to your own Way. How can this be wrong?
Line 2 comment: Pulled to return. Fortune.
Line 3 comment: Carriage spokes halted. Husband and wife quarrel.
Line 4 comment: Have confidence. Bloodletting is past, alarm has gone. No fault.
Line 5 comment: Have confidence. Entwine with your neighbor for wealth.
Line 6 comment: Rain is done, all is in place. Respect and virtue are full. Yet a woman's chastity is imperiled. When the moon is nearly full, the prince attacks: misfortune.
The image Wind moving high in heaven: smallness tames. The noble one acts with restraint, culture, and morals.