59. Huan / Dispersion [Dissolution] above SUN THE GENTLE, WIND
below K'AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
Six in the fourth place means:
He dissolves his bond with his group.
Supreme good fortune.
Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation.
This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
When we are working at a task that affects the general welfare, we must leave all private friendships out of account. Only by rising above party interests can we achieve something decisive. He who has the courage thus to forego what is near wins what is afar. But in order to comprehend this standpoint, one must have a wide view of the interrelationships of life, such as only unusual men attain.
Would that the Kuwaitis had learned this lesson in the 1980's. They were wealthy, and ignored their poor brethren, who in turn turned on them and supported Saddam Hussein's invasion.