32. Hêng / Durability
(Thunder above Wind)
Description
Arousing Thunder and penetrating Wind.
Close companions in any storm:
The Superior Person possesses a resiliency and durability that lets him remain firmly and faithfully on course.
Such constancy deserves success.
Analysis
Endurance is the key to success in this situation.
However, durability is not synonymous with stone-like rigidity.
True resilience requires a flexibility that allows adaptation to any adverse condition, while still remaining true to the core.
Can you maintain your integrity under any circumstance?
Can you influence the situation without giving opposing forces anything to resist?
Then you will endure to reach your goal.
Changing Lines
Line 1
He pledges his love too hastily, and awaits her promise in return.
This stunts the natural growth of affection.
Line 2
These bad feelings will pass.
Line 3
He must remain constant, or the only permanence will reside in disgrace.
Line 4
No game in the field.
Line 5
To submit to insult is to invite injury.
Line 6
Constant only in his inconstancy, even fortune is eventually exhausted.