Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 42 益 Yì, Increase
  3. Line 4
42 益, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 42 益 Yì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

中行，告公從。利用為依遷國。

zhōng xíng, gào gōng cóng. lì yòng wèi yī qiān guó.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject pursuing the due course. His advice to his prince is followed. He can with advantage be relied on in such a movement as that of removing the capital. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

告公從，以益志也。

gào gōng cóng, yǐ yì zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646726); 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.