Hexagram 19 臨, Line 2
臨
Hexagram 19 · second line, undivided (nine)
咸臨，吉无不利。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject advancing in company (with the subject of the first line). There will be good fortune; (advancing) will be in every way advantageous.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
咸臨，吉无不利；未順命也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 19 becomes hexagram 24.
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Character glossary
- 咸xiánall, together, united; salted
- 臨línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 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.