No blame. No praise.
A withered poplar that flowers exhausts its energies thereby and only hastens its end. An older woman may marry once more, but no renewal takes place. Everything remains barren. Thus, though all the amenities are observed, the net result is only the anomaly of the situation.
Applied to politics, the metaphor means that if in times of insecurity we give up alliance with those below us and keep up only the relationships we have with people of higher rank, an unstable situation is created.
Six at the top means:
One must go through the water.
It goes over one\'s head.
Misfortune. No blame.
Here is a situation in which the unusual has reached a climax. One is courageous and wishes to accomplish one\'s task, no matter what happens. This leads into danger. The water rises over one\'s head. This is the misfortune. But one incurs no blame in giving up one\'s life that the good and the right may prevail. There are things that are more important than life.