The air passes between high and lowPeace
In good times, the right work is repairing what has not yet broken.
Tai has earth above and heaven below — seemingly inverted, but precisely the image of exchange: the low rises, the high descends, each passing through the other. The small departs, the great approaches — you give little and gain much. Such seasons do exist, but they are not a reward; they are a window.
Tai's lines carry unease: no plain without a slope, no going without return. No road stays flat forever. The danger of smooth times is mistaking the tide for your own talent. The smartest move now is building dikes — while resources are ample, reinforce the weakest links; when things tighten you will be glad you did not only enjoy.
Practice While things go well, list your three weakest links and fix one today. The dike built in peacetime deserves the name.