Hexagram 24 復, Line 6
復
Hexagram 24 · sixth line, divided (six)
迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君，凶；至于十年，不克征。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
迷復之凶，反君道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 24 becomes hexagram 27.
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Character glossary
- 迷míto bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuat
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 災zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
- 眚shěngcataract; fault, error, crime
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 敗bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 國guócountry, nation, state; national
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 十shíten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 克kèto subdue, to restrain, to overcome; use
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 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.