Hexagram 19 臨, Line 6
臨
Hexagram 19 · sixth line, divided (six)
敦臨，吉无咎。
The sixth line, divided, shows the advance of honesty and generosity. There will be good fortune, and no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
敦臨之吉，志在內也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 19 becomes hexagram 41.
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Character glossary
- 敦dūnhonest, candid, sincere; kind-hearted; t
- 臨línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 內nèiinside
- 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.