Stick #26: Plain and Simple (Neutral)
平淡之中有真味，安常守分亦相宜。不求轰轰烈烈事，细水长流最可期。
Plain reading
This lot favors quiet steadiness. True taste lives in plain days. Do not chase spectacle — long stream lasts longest. Accept ordinary good and keep daily life stable.
Interpretation
"Plain and Simple" is a neutral stick. Flavor in plainness; keeping place suits the time. No need for drama — steady stream is most promising. Not ill — the way of guarding gain.
Advice
Accept good in ordinary days. Stable routine is its own practice.
Drawn from Tao Yuanming — "pick chrysanthemums by east fence, calmly see southern mountain" — joy in simplicity.