Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 47 困 Kùn, Hemmed In
  3. Line 4
47 困, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 47 困 Kùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

來荼荼，困于金轝，吝，有終。

lái tú tú, kùn yú jīn yù, lìn, yǒu zhōng.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject proceeding very slowly (to help the subject of the first line), who is straitened by the carriage adorned with metal in front of him. There will be occasion for regret, but the end will be good. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

來徐徐，志在下也。雖不當位，有與也。

lái xú xú, zhì zài xià yě. suī bù dāng wèi, yǒu yǔ yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647032); 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.