Hexagram 35 晉, Line 4
晉
Hexagram 35 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
晉如鼫鼠，貞厲。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, but like a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, the position is one of peril.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
鼫鼠貞厲，位不當也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 35 becomes hexagram 23.
← Hexagram 35 晉: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 晉jìnto advance; to increase; to promote
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 鼫shímarmot; squirrel
- 鼠shǔrat, mouse
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 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.