Hexagram 25 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
九四 可貞。无咎。
可kěinviting
貞zhēnpersistence
無wúis no
咎jiùwrong
Line Commentary
Hold to what you are. What truly belongs to you cannot be lost even if you throw it away. Authenticity doesn't require protection; it requires expression. Stay with your own nature and ignore the noise.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 25 Wu Wang (Innocence) transforms into Hexagram 42 Yi (Increase).
Parent Hexagram
Innocence
Wu Wang無妄 (25)
Heaven (乾) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☰ Heaven | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder