Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 31 咸 Xián, Mutual Feeling
  3. Line 4
31 咸, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 31 咸 Xián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

貞吉悔亡，憧憧往來，朋從爾思。

zhēn jí huǐ wáng, chōng chōng wǎng lái, péng cóng ěr sī.

The fourth line, undivided, shows that firm correctness which will lead to good fortune, and prevent all occasion for repentance. If its subject be unsettled in his movements, (only) his friends will follow his purpose. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

貞吉悔亡，未感害也。憧憧往來，未光大也。

zhēn jí huǐ wáng, wèi gǎn hài yě. chōng chōng wǎng lái, wèi guāng dà yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646450); 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.