Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 55 豐 Fēng, Abundance
  3. Line 4
55 豐, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 55 豐 Fēng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。

fēng qí bù, rì zhōng jiàn dòu, yù qí yí zhǔ, jí.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in a tent so large and thick that at midday he can see from it the constellation of the Bushel. But he meets with the subject of the (first) line, undivided like himself. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

豐其蔀，位不當也。日中見斗，幽不明也。遇其夷主，吉；行也。

fēng qí bù, wèi bù dāng yě. rì zhōng jiàn dòu, yōu bù míng yě. yù qí yí zhǔ, jí; xíng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645290); 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.