Hexagram 28 大過, Line 4
大過
Hexagram 28 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
棟隆，吉。有它吝。
The fourth line, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If (the subject of it) looks for other (help but that of line one), there will be cause for regret.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
棟隆之吉，不橈乎下也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 28 becomes hexagram 48.
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Character glossary
- 棟dòngridge-beam; the main support of a house
- 隆lóngprosperous, plentiful, abundant
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 它tāit; other
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 橈ráoradius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 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.