Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 25 无妄 Wú Wàng, Without Pretence
  3. Line 4
25 无妄, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 25 无妄 Wú Wàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

可貞,无咎。

kě zhēn, wú jiù.

The fourth line, undivided, shows (a case) in which, if its subject can remain firm and correct, there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

可貞无咎,固有之也。

kě zhēn wú jiù, gù yǒu zhī yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645038); 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.