Hexagram 32 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blamelessFamous Line
Classical Chinese Text
九四 田无禽。
田无禽
田tiánthe field
無wúis nothing without
禽qíngame
Line Commentary
No game in the field. You can't catch what isn't there. Persistence alone isn't enough; you must seek in the right place. Effort misdirected wastes everything.
Commentary
No game in the field. You can't catch what isn't there. Stalking quarry in the wrong place, you may wait forever without finding any. Persistence in search is not enough—you must seek in the right way, in the right place. What is not sought correctly is not found.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 32 Heng (Duration) transforms into Hexagram 46 Sheng (Pushing Upward).
Parent Hexagram
Duration
Heng恆 (32)
Thunder (震) over Wind (巽)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☴ Wind