Hexagram 20 觀, Line 1
觀
Hexagram 20 · first line, divided (six)
童觀，小人无咎，君子吝。
The first line, divided, shows the looking of a lad;—not blamable in men of inferior rank, but matter for regret in superior men.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
初六童觀，小人道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 20 becomes hexagram 42.
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Character glossary
- 童tóngchild, boy; servant boy; virgin
- 觀guānto observe, to spectate; appearance, vie
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 六liùsix
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 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.