Hexagram 12 否, Line 1
否
Hexagram 12 · first line, divided (six)
拔茅茹以其彙，貞吉。亨。
The first line, divided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. With firm correctness (on the part of its subject), there will be good fortune and progress.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
拔茅貞吉，志在君也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 12 becomes hexagram 25.
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Character glossary
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to pr
- 茅máorushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 茹rúroots, vegetables
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 彙huìto gather, to collect; confluence
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 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.