Hexagram 1 乾, Line 4
乾
Hexagram 1 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
或躍在淵，无咎。
In the fourth line, undivided, (we see its subject as the dragon looking) as if he were leaping up, but still in the deep. There will be no mistake.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
或躍在淵，進无咎也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 1 becomes hexagram 9.
← Hexagram 1 乾: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 躍yuèto skip, to jump, to frolic
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 淵yuānabyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 進jìnto advance, to make progress; to come in
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.