Hexagram 23 Line 4: 六四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)六四 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
六四 剝牀以膚。凶。
剝bōdepriving
床chuáng(the) bed
以yǐof (the use of)
膚fū(the
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line Commentary
The bed is split to the skin. Misfortune. Now the person themselves is affected. The collapse has reached living flesh. Very bad.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 23 Bo (Splitting Apart) transforms into Hexagram 35 Jin (Progress).
Parent Hexagram
Splitting Apart
Bo剝 (23)
Mountain (艮) over Earth (坤)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☷ Earth