Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 59 渙 Huàn, Dispersal
  3. Line 4
59 渙, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 59 渙 Huàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

渙其群,元吉。渙有丘,匪夷所思。

huàn qí qún, yuán jí. huàn yǒu qiū, fěi yí suǒ sī.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

渙其群,元吉;光大也。

huàn qí qún, yuán jí; guāng dà yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647580); 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.