Hexagram 40 解, Line 4
解
Hexagram 40 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
解而拇，朋至斯孚。
(To the subject of) the fourth line, undivided, (it is said), 'Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence'
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
解而拇，未當位也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 40 becomes hexagram 7.
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Character glossary
- 解jiěto explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to u
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 拇mǔthumb; big toe
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 斯sīthis, thus, such; emphatic particle; use
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 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.