Hexagram 23 剝, Line 6
剝
Hexagram 23 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
碩果不食，君子德車，小人剝廬。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject (as) a great fruit which has not been eaten. The superior man finds (the people again) as a chariot carrying him. The small men (by their course) overthrow their own dwellings.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
君子得輿，民所載也。小人剝廬，終不可用也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 23 becomes hexagram 2.
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Character glossary
- 碩shuògreat, eminent; large, big
- 果guǒfruit, nut; result
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 食shífood; to eat
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 車chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 人rénman, person; people
- 剝bōto peel, to skin; to exploit
- 廬lúhut, cottage; the name of a mountain
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 輿yúcart, palanquin, sedan chair
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 載zàiload; to carry, to convey, to transport
- 也yěalso, too
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
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.