Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 38 睽 Kuí, Estrangement
  3. Line 4
38 睽, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 38 睽 Kuí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

睽孤,遇元夫,交孚,厲无咎。

kuí gū, yù yuán fū, jiāo fú, lì wú jiù.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented by the first line), and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

交孚无咎,志行也。

jiāo fú wú jiù, zhì xíng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646622); 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.