The lines of hexagram 9

  'Shrouding clouds, no rain' is a common expression in Chinese: trouble coming.
Line 1. 'How could that be wrong', literally 'carry one's fault'. The character 'carry' means nowadays 'wherefore'.
 Line 3: about axle pads see Harmen's translation of 9.3

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