Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 40 解 Xiè, Release
  3. Line 4
40 解, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 40 解 Xiè

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

解而拇，朋至斯孚。

xiè ér mǔ, péng zhì sī fú.

(To the subject of) the fourth line, undivided, (it is said), ‘Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.’ (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

解而拇，未當位也。

xiè ér mǔ, wèi dāng wèi yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646666); 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.