Hexagram 42 益, Line 2
益
Hexagram 42 · second line, divided (six)
或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，永貞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
The second line, divided, shows parties adding to the stores of its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells whose oracles cannot be opposed. Let him persevere in being firm and correct, and there will be good fortune. Let the king, (having the virtues thus distinguished), employ them in presenting his offerings to God, and there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
或益之，自外來也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 42 becomes hexagram 61.
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Character glossary
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 益yìto profit, to benefit; advantage
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 十shíten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 龜guīturtle, tortoise; cuckold
- 弗fúnot, negative
- 克kèto subdue, to restrain, to overcome; use
- 違wéito violate, to disobey, to defy; to sepa
- 永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 享xiǎngto share; to enjoy; to benefit from
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 帝dìsupreme ruler, emperor; god
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addi
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 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.