Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 26 大畜 Dà Chù, Great Restraint
  3. Line 4
26 大畜, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 26 大畜 Dà Chù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

童牛之告,元吉。

tóng niú zhī gào, yuán jí.

The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六四元吉,有喜也。

liù sì yuán jí, yǒu xǐ yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646304); 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.