Hexagram 12 否, Line 4
否
Hexagram 12 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
有命，无咎，疇離祉。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject acting in accordance with the ordination (of Heaven), and committing no error. His companions will come and share in his happiness.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
有命无咎，志行也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 12 becomes hexagram 20.
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Character glossary
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 疇chóufield, farmland; class, category
- 離lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 祉zhǐblessings, happiness, good luck
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 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.