Hexagram 25 无妄, Line 4
无妄
Hexagram 25 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
可貞，无咎。
The fourth line, undivided, shows (a case) in which, if its subject can remain firm and correct, there will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
可貞无咎，固有之也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 25 becomes hexagram 42.
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Character glossary
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 固gùto solidify; strength
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 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.