Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 41 損 Sǔn, Decrease
  3. Line 4
41 損, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 41 損 Sǔn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

損其疾,使遄有喜,无咎。

sǔn qí jí, shǐ chuán yǒu xǐ, wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under which he labours by making (the subject of the first line) hasten (to his help), and make him glad. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

損其疾,亦可喜也。

sǔn qí jí, yì kě xǐ yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646704); 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.