Hexagram 34 大壯, Line 4
大壯
Hexagram 34 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
貞吉悔亡，藩決不羸，壯于大轝之腹。
The fourth line, undivided, shows (a case in which) firm correctness leads to good fortune, and occasion for repentance disappears. (We see) the fence opened without the horns being entangled. The strength is like that in the wheel-spokes of a large waggon.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
藩決不羸，尚往也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 34 becomes hexagram 11.
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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
- 藩fānboundary, fence, outlying border
- 決juéto decide, to determine, to judge
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 羸léiexhausted, weak; emaciated, lean
- 壯zhuàngbig, large; robust, strong; the name of
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 轝yùenvy; hate, dislike; resentment
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 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.