Hexagram 17 隨, Line 6
隨
Hexagram 17 · sixth line, divided (six)
拘係之，乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
The topmost line, divided, shows us (that sincerity) firmly held and clung to, yea, and bound fast. (We see) the king with it presenting his offerings on the western mountain.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
拘系之，上窮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 17 becomes hexagram 25.
← Hexagram 17 隨: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 拘jūto detain, to restrain, to seize
- 係xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 乃nǎithen; really, indeed, after all
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 維wéito preserve, to maintain, to hold togeth
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
- 系xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 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.