Hexagram 10 履, Line 2
履
Hexagram 10 · second line, undivided (nine)
履道坦坦，幽人貞吉。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject treading the path that is level and easy;—a quiet and solitary man, to whom, if he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
幽人貞吉，中不自亂也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 10 becomes hexagram 25.
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Character glossary
- 履lǚshoes; to walk, to tread
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 坦tǎnflat, level, smooth; candid, open
- 幽yōuquiet, secluded, tranquil; dark
- 人rénman, person; people
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 亂luànanarchy, chaos; revolt
- 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.