Hexagram 4 蒙, Line 3
蒙
Hexagram 4 · third line, divided (six)
勿用取女，見金夫，不有躬，无攸利。
The third line, divided, (seems to say) that one should not marry a woman whose emblem it might be, for that, when she sees a man of wealth, she will not keep her person from him, and in no wise will advantage come from her.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
勿用取女，行不順也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 4 becomes hexagram 18.
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Character glossary
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to selec
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 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.