21.以貴下賤，大得民。——《屯·初九·象》
今譯:以尊貴之身份而能折身處下，就會深得民心。
衍言:富貴不可驕，與百姓平等更重要。
《周易》小詞典：《屯》，卦名。下卦為震，為動，上卦為坎、為陷、為險。屯之字形象剛冒出地麵的小草。因此屯卦表示開始行動，會遇到困難，但前途是光明的。
While noble, the superior man humbles himself to the mean, and grandly gains the people.——- from The Great Symbolism of The First Line Undivided, Tun
Modern interpretation: If an honorable man humbles himself to the mean, he will enjoy the ardent support of the people.
Moral: Don’t be arrogant and haughty about your riches and honor. It is more important to keep equal in status with the populace.
Glossary: Tun is one of the Hexagrams, taking Zhen as the lower trigram which indicates thunder and exciting power, and Kan as the upper trigram which presents a perilous pit. The character called Tun seems like the grass, and is intended to show us how a plant struggles with difficulty out of the earth. This hexagram, therefore, represents the initial stage of an action, which meets with difficulties in the beginning but will prosper later.