Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò, Small Excess
  3. Line 4
62 小過, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

无咎，弗過遇之。往厲必戒，勿用永貞。

wú jiù, fú guò yù zhī. wǎng lì bì jiè, wù yòng yǒng zhēn.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject falling into no error, but meeting (the exigency of his situation), without exceeding (in his natural course). If he go forward, there will be peril, and he must be cautious. There is no occasion to be using firmness perpetually. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

弗過遇之，位不當也。往厲必戒，終不可長也。

fú guò yù zhī, wèi bù dāng yě. wǎng lì bì jiè, zhōng bù kě zhǎng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643238); 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.