Hexagram 49 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: regret
Classical Chinese Text
九四 悔亡有孚。改命吉。
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
有yǒube
孚fúconfident
改gǎichange
命mìngthe mandate
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
Remorse disappears. People believe. Changing the form of government brings good fortune. Radical changes require adequate authority—inner strength as well as influential position. What you do must correspond with higher truth, not spring from arbitrary or petty motives. People support only those undertakings they feel instinctively to be just.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 49 Ge (Revolution) transforms into Hexagram 63 Ji Ji (After Completion).
Parent Hexagram
Revolution
Ge革 (49)
Lake (兌) over Fire (離)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☲ Fire