Hexagram 38 Line 6: 上九
Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上九 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
上九 睽孤。見豕負塗。載鬼一車。先張之弧。後說之弧。匪寇婚媾。往遇雨則吉。
睽kuíestranged
孤gū(and) (all) alone
見jiànseeing
豕shǐ(a) pig
負fùcovered
塗túfilth
載zàihaul
鬼guǐdemons
一yī(and
車chēwagon
先xiān(at) first
張zhāngstretch
之zhīhis
弧hú(long)bow
後hòu(and
說shuōrelaxing
之zhīhis
弧hú(long)bow
匪fěiit
寇kòu(a
婚hūn(but) (a) marital
媾gòusuitor
往wǎngin going
遇yùgreet
雨yǔ(the) rain
則zé(and
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
Isolated through opposition, you see your companion as a pig covered with dirt, a wagon full of devils. First drawing a bow, then laying it aside. Not a robber—he will woo at the right time. As you go, rain falls, then good fortune. Misunderstanding reaches climax and reverses. Tension dissolves like rain after a thunderstorm.
When This Line Changes
If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 38 Kui (Opposition) transforms into Hexagram 54 Gui Mei (The Marrying Maiden).
Parent Hexagram
Opposition
Kui睽 (38)
Fire (離) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake