"...Here is the 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 thiings that are more important than life."

(Wilhelm/Baynes: The I Ching or Book of Changes, page 114; Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press 1950)