Small Taming
Dense Clouds, No Rain
In Legge's 1882 Small Restraint, the final line already has fallen rain; the opening oracle's rainless clouds describe a temporary condition.
James Legge, The Yî King (Sacred Books of the East XVI, Clarendon Press, 1882), Text, IX, pp. 76–78; Appendix I, IX, pp. 221–223; Appendix II, IX, pp. 278–279.
Hexagram 9 of the Yijing: Wind above Heaven, with one broken line in the fourth place.
More context
Xiao Xu places Wind above Heaven. One broken line in the fourth place stands among five firm ones. The oracle begins with dense clouds but no rain from the western borders. The Tuan commentary associates the weak line with restraint. The Great Image directs attention to virtue's outward expression. The final line changes the weather: rain has fallen and progress is stayed. Legge's 1882 notes therefore read the restraint as limited, rather than treating the opening rainless sky as the figure's permanent condition.
Light
The Great Image gives a task within limited influence: refine the outward expression of virtue.
Shadow
The final line has rain and rest, yet warns that pressing ahead can bring misfortune; favourable change does not license unlimited advance.