How to explain the third divination in the Book of Changes

These interpretations of hexagrams are mostly from the perspective of images.

Water needs divination, and need means waiting. It is this six hexagram that cuts in from the perspective of waiting and explains it in this sense.

93. You need to be in the mud to coach. Jiusan is yang and dryness; But external divination is a hurdle and water. So the three rivers are the intersection of water and soil. When water and soil meet, there will naturally be mud. So "need to be in the mud" means waiting in the mud.

It is more clear to read Xiang Zhuan. "It needs mud", and the disaster is also outside; Self-respect and prudence are invincible. Waiting in the mud, disaster is outside, this is because divination indicates danger and disaster. Kangua is an external divination, and Jiusan is an internal divination. So the disaster is outside.

"I am self-defeating, I am invincible." Why? Because 93 is on the verge of danger, it borders on Kangua. On the brink of danger, how can it not lead to danger? "How can you walk by the river without getting wet?" That's what I said. Why can we be "cautious and invincible"? Because 93 is yang and has masculinity; And in the next divination, there is a strong ability, so in this dangerous position, there can still be no disaster.

You said, 93 Yang is in Yang's position, and masculinity is no problem. But this kind of thinking only considers the characteristics of books. The interpretation of hexagrams is a whole interpretation, considering many internal and external influences. What is emphasized here is the influence of internal and external plug-ins.