䷧Hexagram 40 Release as a yes-or-no answer

Xie answers 'should I' with 'yes, and soon' — or with 'no, and go home'. The Judgment is unusually operational: if there is nowhere you need to go, returning to the old order is fortunate; if there is somewhere to go, going early is fortunate. The one thing the hexagram rules out is lingering. The obstruction that preceded it is over, and the question is not whether to act but whether any action is still called for. If it is, the time is now rather than later; if it is not, the right answer is to let the matter close.

The changing line tells you which case you are in. In the lower trigram the answer leans toward 'return': line one, no action needed, rest; line two, yes to clearing up the small complications, done straight and quickly; line three, no — what you are contemplating puts you above your station and invites trouble. In the upper trigram the answer leans toward 'go early': line four, yes, let go of the lesser attachment now; line five, yes, disengage decisively and the rest resolves itself; line six, yes, the last obstacle is in view and this is the moment to remove it.