18. Ku / Repairing the Damage
(Mountain above Wind)
Description
Winds sweep through the Mountain valley:
The Superior Person sweeps away corruption and stagnation by stirring up the people and strengthening their spirit.
Supreme success.
Before crossing to the far shore, consider the move for three days.
After crossing, devote three days of hard labor to damage control.
Analysis
You are blessed with an opportunity to resuscitate that which others have abandoned as beyond repair.
This ruin wasn't caused by evil intention, but by indifference to decay.
Just by addressing yourself to the problem, you exhibit a new awareness, a fresh perspective.
This is a time of recovery, renewal, regeneration.
Changing Lines
Line 1
Correcting his father's error, a son treads dangerously close to dishonor.
Yet sparing his father from blame brings good fortune in the end.
Line 2
Correcting his mother's error, a son must not be too strident.
Line 3
Restoring what his father damaged.
Some regrets, but no great mistakes.
Line 4
Tolerating the malpractices of the father will lead the son to ruin.
Line 5
Setting right the father's ruins, The son receives honors.
Line 6
Refusing to serve the conquerors of nations, he sets out to conquer hearts.