Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 24 復 Fù, Return
  3. Line 4
24 復, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 24 復 Fù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

中行獨復。

zhōng xíng dú fù.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject moving right in the centre (among those represented by the other divided lines), and yet returning alone (to his proper path). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

中行獨復，以從道也。

zhōng xíng dú fù, yǐ cóng dào yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643037); 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.