Hexagram 40 解, Line 6
解
Hexagram 40 · sixth line, divided (six)
公用射隼，于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。
In the sixth line, divided, we see a feudal prince (with his bow) shooting at a falcon on the top of a high wall, and hitting it. (The effect of his action) will be in every way advantageous.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
公用射隼，以解悖也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 40 becomes hexagram 64.
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Character glossary
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 射shèto shoot, to eject, to emit
- 隼sǔnfalcon, eagle; an aquiline nose
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 墉yōngwall; fortification
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 獲huòto get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 解jiěto explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to u
- 悖bèicontradictory; counter to
- 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.