Hexagram 33 遯, Line 2
遯
Hexagram 33 · second line, divided (six)
執之用黃牛之革，莫之勝說。
The second line, divided, shows its subject holding (his purpose) fast as if by a (thong made from the) hide of a yellow ox, which cannot be broken.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
執用黃牛，固志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 33 becomes hexagram 44.
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Character glossary
- 執zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep;
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 革géleather, animal hide; to reform; to remo
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 勝shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
- 說shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 固gùto solidify; strength
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 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.