Hexagram 44 姤, Line 4
姤
Hexagram 44 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
包无魚，起凶。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
无魚之凶，遠民也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 44 becomes hexagram 57.
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Character glossary
- 包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 魚yúfish
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 遠yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 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.