Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 3 屯 Zhūn, Sprouting
  3. Line 4
3 屯, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 3 屯 Zhūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

乘馬班如,求婚媾,往,吉无不利。

chéng mǎ bān rú, qiú hūn gòu, wǎng, jí wú bù lì.

The fourth line, divided, shows (its subject as a lady), the horses of whose chariot appear in retreat. She seeks, however, (the help of) him who seeks her to be his wife. Advance will be fortunate; all will turn out advantageously. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

求而往,明也。

qiú ér wǎng, míng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643482); 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.