Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù, Small Restraint
  3. Line 4
9 小畜, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

有孚,血去惕出,无咎。

yǒu fú, xuè qù tì chū, wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

有孚。惕出。上合志也。

yǒu fú. tì chū. shàng hé zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645530); 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.