Hexagram 39 蹇, Line 2
蹇
Hexagram 39 · second line, divided (six)
王臣蹇蹇，匪躬之故。
The second line, divided, shows the minister of the king struggling with difficulty on difficulty, and not with a view to his own advantage.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
王臣蹇蹇，終无尤也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 39 becomes hexagram 48.
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Character glossary
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 臣chénminister, statesman, official, vassal
- 蹇jiǎnlame, crippled; nag, donkey; slow, diffi
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 尤yóuespecially, particularly
- 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.