Hexagram 43 夬, Line 4
夬
Hexagram 43 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
臀无膚，其行次且。牽羊悔亡，聞言不信。
The fourth line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped, and who walks slowly and with difficulty. (If he could act) like a sheep led (after its companions), occasion for repentance would disappear. But though he hear these words, he will not believe them.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
其行次且，位不當也。聞言不信，聰不明也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 43 becomes hexagram 5.
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Character glossary
- 臀túnbuttocks
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 膚fūskin; shallow, superficial
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 次cìorder, sequence; second, next; one after
- 且qiěmoreover, also (post-subject); about to,
- 牽qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 羊yángsheep, goat
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 聞wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 也yěalso, too
- 聰cōngsharp (of sight and hearing); intelligen
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
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.