Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 46 升 Shēng, Rising
  3. Line 4
46 升, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 46 升 Shēng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

王用享于岐山,吉无咎。

wáng yòng xiǎng yú qí shān, jí wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Khî. There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

王用亨于岐山,順事也。

wáng yòng xiǎng yú qí shān, shùn shì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646879); 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.