Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 39 蹇 Jiǎn, Hardship
  3. Line 4
39 蹇, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 39 蹇 Jiǎn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

往蹇來連。

wǎng jiǎn lái lián.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject advancing, (but only) to (greater) difficulties. He remains stationary, and unites (with the subject of the line above). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

往蹇來連,當位實也。

wǎng jiǎn lái lián, dāng wèi shí yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405036); 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.