Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 35 晉 Jìn, Advance
  3. Line 4
35 晉, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 35 晉 Jìn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

晉如鼫鼠，貞厲。

jìn rú shí shǔ, zhēn lì.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, but like a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, the position is one of peril. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

鼫鼠貞厲，位不當也。

shí shǔ zhēn lì, wèi bù dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646579); 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.