Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú, Inner Sincerity
  3. Line 4
61 中孚, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

月既望，馬匹亡，无咎。

yuè jì wàng, mǎ pǐ wáng, wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject (like) the moon nearly full, and (like) a horse (in a chariot) whose fellow disappears. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

馬匹亡，絕類上也。

mǎ pǐ wáng, jué lèi shàng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647425); 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.