Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 44 姤 Gòu, Encounter
  3. Line 4
44 姤, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 44 姤 Gòu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

包无魚,起凶。

bāo wú yú, qǐ xiōng.

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

无魚之凶,遠民也。

wú yú zhī xiōng, yuǎn mín yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646826); 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.