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  2. 43 夬 Guài, Resolve
  3. Line 4
43 夬, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 43 夬 Guài

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

臀无膚,其行次且。牽羊悔亡,聞言不信。

tún wú fū, qí xíng zī jū. qiān yáng huǐ wáng, wén yán bù xìn.

The fourth line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped, and who walks slowly and with difficulty. (If he could act) like a sheep led (after its companions), occasion for repentance would disappear. But though he hear these words, he will not believe them. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

其行次且,位不當也。聞言不信,聰不明也。

qí xíng zī jū, wèi bù dāng yě. wén yán bù xìn, cōng bù míng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405003); 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.