Hexagram 31 咸, Line 4
咸
Hexagram 31 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
貞吉悔亡，憧憧往來，朋從爾思。
The fourth line, undivided, shows that firm correctness which will lead to good fortune, and prevent all occasion for repentance. If its subject be unsettled in his movements, (only) his friends will follow his purpose.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
貞吉悔亡，未感害也。憧憧往來，未光大也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 31 becomes hexagram 39.
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Character glossary
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 憧chōngindecisive, irresolute; to yearn for
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 感gǎnto affect, to move, to touch; to perceiv
- 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
- 也yěalso, too
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
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.