Hexagram 44 姤, Line 1
姤
Hexagram 44 · first line, divided (six)
系于金柅，貞吉，有攸往，見凶，羸豕，孚，蹢躅。
The first line, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
系于金柅，柔道牽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 44 becomes hexagram 1.
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Character glossary
- 系xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 柅nǐflourish
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 羸léiexhausted, weak; emaciated, lean
- 豕shǐpig, boar
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 蹢dípig's hoof
- 躅zhúto walk carefully; to hesitate, to falte
- 柔róusoft, supple; gentle; flexible
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 牽qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 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.