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  1. The 64
  2. 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng, Great Strength
  3. Line 4
34 大壯, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

貞吉悔亡,藩決不羸,壯于大轝之腹。

zhēn jí huǐ wáng, fān jué bù léi, zhuàng yú dà yù zhī fù.

The fourth line, undivided, shows (a case in which) firm correctness leads to good fortune, and occasion for repentance disappears. (We see) the fence opened without the horns being entangled. The strength is like that in the wheel-spokes of a large waggon. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

藩決不羸,尚往也。

fān jué bù léi, shàng wǎng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646529); 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.