Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 1 乾 Qián, Heaven
  3. Line 4
1 乾, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

或躍在淵，无咎。

huò yuè zài yuān, wú jiù.

In the fourth line, undivided, (we see its subject as the dragon looking) as if he were leaping up, but still in the deep. There will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

或躍在淵，進无咎也。

huò yuè zài yuān, jìn wú jiù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404991); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.