Hexagram 40 解, Line 2
解
Hexagram 40 · second line, undivided (nine)
田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow ( = golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
九二貞吉，得中道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 40 becomes hexagram 16.
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Character glossary
- 田tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated
- 獲huòto get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
- 三sānthree
- 狐húfox
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 矢shǐarrow, dart; to vow, to swear
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 九jiǔnine
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 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.