Hexagram 12 否, Line 6
否
Hexagram 12 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
傾否，先否後喜。
The sixth line, undivided, shows the overthrow (and removal of) the condition of distress and obstruction. Before this there was that condition. Hereafter there will be joy.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
否終則傾，何可長也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 12 becomes hexagram 45.
← Hexagram 12 否: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 傾qīngto upset, to pour out, to overflow
- 否fǒuno, not, un-; final particle
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful,
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
- 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.