Hexagram 24 復, Line 4
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Hexagram 24 · fourth line, divided (six)
中行獨復。
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject moving right in the centre (among those represented by the other divided lines), and yet returning alone (to his proper path).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
中行獨復，以從道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 24 becomes hexagram 51.
← Hexagram 24 復: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 獨dúalone, independent, only, single, solita
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 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.