Hexagram 11 泰, Line 6
泰
Hexagram 11 · sixth line, divided (six)
城復于隍，勿用師，自邑告命，貞吝。
The sixth line, divided, shows us the city wall returned into the moat. It is not the time to use the army. (The subject of the line) may, indeed, announce his orders to the people of his own city; but however correct and firm he may be, he will have cause for regret.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
城復于隍，其命亂也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 11 becomes hexagram 26.
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Character glossary
- 城chéngcastle, city, town; municipality
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 隍huángdry ditch, dry moat
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 告gàoto tell, to inform, to announce; to accu
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 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.