Hexagram 35 晉, Line 6
晉
Hexagram 35 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
晉其角，維用伐邑，厲吉无咎，貞吝。
The topmost line, undivided, shows one advancing his horns. But he only uses them to punish the (rebellious people of his own) city. The position is perilous, but there will be good fortune. (Yet) however firm and correct he may be, there will be occasion for regret.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
維用伐邑，道未光也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 35 becomes hexagram 16.
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Character glossary
- 晉jìnto advance; to increase; to promote
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
- 維wéito preserve, to maintain, to hold togeth
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 伐fácut down, subjugate, attack
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 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.