Hexagram 27 頤, Line 4
頤
Hexagram 27 · fourth line, divided (six)
顛頤吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows one looking downwards for (the power to) nourish. There will be good fortune. Looking with a tiger's downward unwavering glare, and with his desire that impels him to spring after spring, he will fall into no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
顛頤之吉，上施光也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 27 becomes hexagram 21.
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Character glossary
- 顛diānpeak, summit, top; to upset
- 頤yícheeks, jaw; chin; rear; to nourish
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 眈dānto stare at, to gaze intently; to delay,
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 施shīto grant, to bestow; to act; surname
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 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.