Hexagram 30 離, Line 6
離
Hexagram 30 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
王用出征，有嘉折首，獲匪其醜，无咎。
The topmost line, undivided, shows the king employing its subject in his punitive expeditions. Achieving admirable (merit), he breaks (only) the chiefs (of the rebels). Where his prisoners were not their associates, he does not punish. There will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
王用出征，以正邦也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 30 becomes hexagram 55.
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Character glossary
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 嘉jiāexcellent; joyful; auspicious
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 獲huòto get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 醜chǒuugly; shameful; comedian, clown
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 邦bāngcountry, nation, state
- 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.