Hexagram 30 離, Line 4
離
Hexagram 30 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
突如其來如，焚如，死如，棄如。
The fourth line, undivided, shows the manner of its subject's coming. How abrupt it is, as with fire, with death, to be rejected (by all)!
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
突如其來如，无所容也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 30 becomes hexagram 22.
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Character glossary
- 突tūsudden, abrupt, unexpected
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 焚fénto burn
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 棄qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to de
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 容róngappearance, looks; form, figure; to cont
- 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.