Hexagram 41 損, Line 1
損
Hexagram 41 · first line, undivided (nine)
祀事遄往，无咎，酌損之。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject suspending his own affairs, and hurrying away (to help the subject of the fourth line). He will commit no error, but let him consider how far he should contribute of what is his (for the other).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
已事遄往，尚合志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 41 becomes hexagram 4.
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Character glossary
- 祀sìto sacrifice, to worship
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 酌zhuóto pour wine, to drink wine; to delibera
- 損sǔnto damage, to harm
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 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.