Hexagram 12 · 否 pǐ

Blockage · line 2

六二:包承,小人吉,大人否亨。

The second line, divided, shows its subject patient and obedient. To the small man (comporting himself so) there will be good fortune. If the great man (comport himself) as the distress and obstruction require, he will have success.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 12 Blockage · Judgement

否之匪人,不利君子貞,大往小來。

In Phî there is the want of good understanding between the (different classes of) men, and its indication is unfavourable to the firm and correct course of the superior man. We see in it the great gone and the little come.

James Legge, 1882