Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 22 賁 Bì, Adornment
  3. Line 4
22 賁, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 22 賁 Bì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。

bì rú pó rú, bái mǎ hàn rú, fěi kòu hūn gòu.

The fourth line, divided, shows one looking as if adorned, but only in white. As if (mounted on) a white horse, and furnished with wings, (he seeks union with the subject of the first line), while (the intervening third pursues), not as a robber, but intent on a matrimonial alliance. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六四，當位疑也。匪寇婚媾，終无尤也。

liù sì, dāng wèi yí yě. fěi kòu hūn gòu, zhōng wú yóu yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405035); 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.