Hexagram 43 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: regret
Classical Chinese Text
九四 臀无膚。其行次且。牽羊悔亡。聞言不信。
臀túnrump
無wúwithout
膚fūskin
其qíone's
行xíngwalking
次cìis second-rate
且qiěfor now
牽qiānin tow
羊yángas
悔huǐregrets
亡wángwill
聞wénbut to hear
言yánthis
不bùis not
信xìnto believe
Line Commentary
No skin on his thighs, walking comes hard. If led like a sheep, remorse disappears. But these words will not be believed. Inner restlessness, obstinacy in enforcing your will against insuperable obstacles. If you would desist, everything would go well. But like much good counsel, this will be ignored. Obstinacy makes a person unable to hear.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 43 Guai (Breakthrough) transforms into Hexagram 5 Xu (Waiting).
Parent Hexagram
Breakthrough
Guai夬 (43)
Lake (兌) over Heaven (乾)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☰ Heaven