Hexagram 41 損, Line 4
損
Hexagram 41 · fourth line, divided (six)
損其疾，使遄有喜，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under which he labours by making (the subject of the first line) hasten (to his help), and make him glad. There will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
損其疾，亦可喜也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 41 becomes hexagram 38.
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Character glossary
- 損sǔnto damage, to harm
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger
- 遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful,
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 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.