Hexagram 22 賁, Line 4
賁
Hexagram 22 · fourth line, divided (six)
賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
The fourth line, divided, shows one looking as if adorned, but only in white. As if (mounted on) a white horse, and furnished with wings, (he seeks union with the subject of the first line), while (the intervening third pursues), not as a robber, but intent on a matrimonial alliance.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
六四，當位疑也。匪寇婚媾，終无尤也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 22 becomes hexagram 30.
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Character glossary
- 賁bìto forge ahead; energetic; surname
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 皤pówhite, grey; corpulent
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 馬mǎhorse; surname
- 翰hànpen, pencil, writing brush
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 寇kòubandit, thief; enemy; to invade
- 婚hūnto get married; marriage, wedding
- 媾gòuto marry; to be intimate with
- 六liùsix
- 四sìfour
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
- 也yěalso, too
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 尤yóuespecially, particularly
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.