Hexagram 60 Line 4: 六四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)六四 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六四 安節亨。
安ānsecure in
節jiéthe boundary
亨hēngfulfillment
Line Commentary
Contented limitation. Success. Every limitation has its value, but a limitation that requires persistent effort entails a cost of too much energy. When limitation is natural—like water flowing only downhill—it necessarily leads to success, for it means saving energy. The energy that otherwise would be consumed in a vain struggle is applied wholly to the matter in hand.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 60 Jie (Limitation) transforms into Hexagram 58 Dui (The Joyous).
Parent Hexagram
Limitation
Jie節 (60)
Water (坎) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake