Hexagram 12 · Standstill

否之匪人，不利君子贞，大往小来。
否象征天地不交、闭塞不通。这是非正常状态（匪人当道），不利君子守正。付出的大、收获的小（大往小来）。
初六 拔茅茹，以其汇，贞吉，亨。
六二 包承，小人吉，大人否，亨。
六三 包羞。
九四 有命，无咎，畴离祉。
九五 休否，大人吉。其亡其亡，系于苞桑。
上九 倾否，先否后喜。

否之匪人，不利君子贞，大往小来。
This blockage comes from people acting against what is right; a person of principle gains nothing here by simply holding firm. What is great withdraws, and what is small moves in.
Initial Six: Pull up one blade of grass and the whole connected root comes with it. Holding firm alongside others like this brings good fortune and things move forward.
Six in the second: Going along quietly and putting up with it works out for those with small ambitions. But someone of real substance withholds cooperation from the standstill instead, and succeeds by refusing rather than complying.
Six in the third: Nothing but quiet humiliation to carry.
Nine in the fourth: Acting on authority from above, carried out properly, draws no blame — and everyone who shares that same purpose shares in what it brings.
Nine in the fifth: The standstill starts to crack open. Good fortune for the one with real substance — but only by holding the constant thought 'this could still collapse, this could still collapse' does the position stay as secure as a tree rooted deep in the mulberry grove.
Nine at the top: The standstill finally breaks. What began as blockage turns, in the end, into good fortune.