Hexagram 17 隨, Line 2
隨
Hexagram 17 · second line, divided (six)
係小子，失丈夫。
The second line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the little boy, and lets go the man of age and experience.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
系小子，弗兼與也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 17 becomes hexagram 58.
← Hexagram 17 隨: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 係xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 丈zhànggentleman, man, husband; unit of length
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 系xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 弗fúnot, negative
- 兼jiānboth, and; at the same time; to unite, t
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 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.