Hexagram 35 晉, Line 2
晉
Hexagram 35 · second line, divided (six)
晉如，愁如，貞吉。受茲介福，于其王母。
The second line, divided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, and yet of being sorrowful. If he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. He will receive this great blessing from his grandmother.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
受茲介福，以中正也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 35 becomes hexagram 64.
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Character glossary
- 晉jìnto advance; to increase; to promote
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 愁chóuanxious, worried
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 茲zīnow, here; this; time, year
- 介jièagent, go-between, intermediary; to intr
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 母mǔmother; female elders; female
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 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.