Hexagram 38 睽, Line 6
睽孤， 見豕負涂，載鬼一車， 先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems to) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune.
Small image (小象)
遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 38 becomes hexagram 54.
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Character glossary
- 睽kuíto stare
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 豕shǐpig, boar
- 負fùload, burden; to carry, to bear
- 涂túto smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
- 載zàiload; to carry, to convey, to transport
- 鬼guǐghost; demon; sly, mischievous
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 車chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 張zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stret
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 弧húarc, crescent; wooden bow
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 說shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 寇kòubandit, thief; enemy; to invade
- 婚hūnto get married; marriage, wedding
- 媾gòuto marry; to be intimate with
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 雨yǔrain
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 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.