One should hold fast to principles superior.
We cannot assent to the meanness of the other.
It is better to hide behind seclusion's door.

SIX AT THE BOTTOM MEANS:
Perseverance brings good fortune and success.
One's drawn with another retiring from office.
If it becomes impossible to influence...
It is only by retiring that we avoid regress.
Success can be ours in a higher sense
because we know the value of our humanness.

6 IN 2ND PLACE: They bear and endure.
Standstill helps the one that ís greater.
Inferiors like to flatter their superior.
They would also endure the superior
if this one could put an end to disorder.
One does not mingle with the inferior.
By one's willingness to personally suffer...
Success of fundamental principles endure.

SIX IN THE THIRD PLACE:
Inferiors have unjustly risen to power
not equal to the job they've taken over.
In their hearts it is shame they bear
...this marks a turn for the better.

9 IN 4TH PLACE:  They bear and endure.
Executing a command of the highest order
minister and ruler unite to bring order.

9 IN 5TH PLACE:  Standstill gives way.
Remain wary of failure.  No time for play.
To ask: "What could go wrong?" is okay.

9 AT THE TOP:  Standstill comes to an end.
The right person is needed to bring the end.
To course of events the great one must tend.
With creative attitude one must order attend.