Dull, which means slow, difficult and unsmooth action; The lame donkey is in trouble, and it is difficult to move forward. The hexagram called "Southwest is unfavorable to Northeast" in this book may not necessarily have such a clear direction, but it just means that you should go in the right direction when you encounter difficulties and obstacles, instead of going your own way in the end. Si Qi, a wise man, can get help from noble people, but he can stick to the right path, get rid of the predicament, turn defeat into victory and make a difference.

The divinatory symbol "there is water on the mountain" is the water accumulated on the mountain, which symbolizes difficulties and obstacles and difficulties in action. A gentleman turned his back on Xiu De. Faced with this situation, a gentleman should reflect on himself, improve his moral cultivation and tide over the difficulties through his own efforts.

Nine times out of ten, life is unhappy. The road ahead is obviously difficult and dangerous, and taking a step back may be a commendable choice. Sometimes in life, you don't have to rush for success, you can wait for the opportunity with peace of mind, and maybe there will be a turning point; But sometimes we have to go through fire and water for the sake of morality. Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, we are inclined to go to the mountains. The more difficult it is, the more we will go forward. This is a slap in the face.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and the road is tortuous and the future is bright. On the road of life, it is by no means smooth sailing. Smooth and difficult, dangerous and smooth are always a pair of relatively independent and unified contradictions. On the way forward, we must have a clear understanding of the difficult road of things development, which is the virtue we should cultivate-not afraid of the difficult road, not only to be brave in advancing, but also to be good at fighting.

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