Hexagram 11 泰, Line 2
泰
Hexagram 11 · second line, undivided (nine)
包荒。用馮河，不遐遺；朋亡。得尚于中行。
The second line, undivided, shows one who can bear with the uncultivated, will cross the Ho without a boat, does not forget the distant, and has no (selfish) friendships. Thus does he prove himself acting in accordance with the course of the due Mean.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
包荒，得尚于中行，以光大也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 11 becomes hexagram 36.
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Character glossary
- 包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package
- 荒huāngwasteland, desert; uncultivated
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 馮féngto gallop; by dint of; surname
- 河hériver, stream; the Yellow river
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 遐xiádistant, far; to abandon, to cast away
- 遺yíto lose; a lost article
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 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.