Hexagram 5 Line 4: 六四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)六四 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六四 需于血。出自穴。
需xūwaiting
于yúin
血xuèblood
出chūemerge
自zìfrom
穴xuéthat
Line Commentary
You're in the pit. Blood. This is life-or-death now. The only move is to get out, not to fight. Sometimes survival means accepting the situation's gravity and withdrawing.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 5 Xu (Waiting) transforms into Hexagram 43 Guai (Breakthrough).
Parent Hexagram
Waiting
Xu需 (5)
Water (坎) over Heaven (乾)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☰ Heaven