Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 56 旅 Lǚ, The Traveller
  3. Line 4
56 旅, line 4

Line 4 九四 yang, undivided, of hexagram 56 旅 Lǚ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

旅于處，得其資斧，我心不快。

lǚ yú chù, dé qí zī fǔ, wǒ xīn bù kuài.

The fourth line, undivided, shows the traveller in a resting-place, having (also) the means of livelihood and the axe, (but still saying), ‘I am not at ease in my mind.’ (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

旅于處，未得位也。得其資斧，心未快也。

lǚ yú chù, wèi dé wèi yě. dé qí zī fǔ, xīn wèi kuài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647234); 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.