Hexagram 40 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
九四 解而拇。朋至斯孚。
解jiěrelease
而éryour
拇mǔbig toe
朋péng(when) companion
至zhìapproach
斯sī(in
孚fútrust
Line Commentary
Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes whom you can trust. Those who attached through habit must be freed when deliverance calls for deeds. Otherwise, those who share your views mistrust you and stay away.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 40 Xie (Deliverance) transforms into Hexagram 7 Shi (The Army).
Parent Hexagram
Deliverance
Xie解 (40)
Thunder (震) over Water (坎)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☵ Water