Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 50 鼎 Dǐng
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
鼎折足，覆公餗，其刑渥，凶。
The fourth line, undivided, shows the caldron with its feet broken; and its contents, designed for the ruler’s use, overturned and spilt. Its subject will be made to blush for shame. There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
覆公餗，信如何也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647086); 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.