Hexagram 12 · 否 pǐ
Blockage · line 5
九五:休否,大人吉,其亡其亡,繫于苞桑。
In the fifth line, undivided, we see him who brings the distress and obstruction to a close,—the great man and fortunate. (But let him say), 'We may perish! We may perish!' (so shall the state of things become firm, as if) bound to a clump of bushy mulberry trees.
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