Hexagram 44 Line 1: 初六
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
初六 繫于金柅。貞吉。有攸往。見凶。羸豕孚蹢躅。
繫xìsecured
于yúby
金jīnmetal
柅nǐbrake
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
有yǒuhave
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
見jiànlook at
凶xiōngthe unfortunate
羸léitethered
豕shǐhog
孚fúis sure
蹢zhíto kick
躅zhúand falter
Line Commentary
Check it at once with a brake of bronze. Persistence brings good fortune. Let it take its course and experience misfortune. Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around. An inferior element that has wormed its way in must be energetically checked immediately. Its insignificance should not tempt you to underrate it—a young pig, once grown strong, reveals its true nature.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 44 Gou (Coming to Meet) transforms into Hexagram 1 Qian (The Creative).
Parent Hexagram
Coming to Meet
Gou姤 (44)
Heaven (乾) over Wind (巽)
Upper Trigram: ☰ Heaven | Lower Trigram: ☴ Wind