Hexagram 61 Line 4: 六四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)六四 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六四 月幾望。馬匹亡。无咎。
月yuèmoon
幾jīalmost
望wàngfull
馬mǎhorse
匹pǐof a pair
亡wángruns away
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
The moon nearly at the full. The team horse goes astray. No blame. To intensify the power of inner truth, always turn to your superior, from whom you can receive enlightenment as the moon receives light from the sun. However, this requires a certain humility, like that of the moon when not yet quite full. Only by pursuing your course like a horse that goes straight ahead without looking sidewise at its mate can you retain the inner freedom that helps you onward.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 61 Zhong Fu (Inner Truth) transforms into Hexagram 10 Lu (Treading).
Parent Hexagram
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu中孚 (61)
Wind (巽) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☴ Wind | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake