Hexagram 46 升, Line 2
升
Hexagram 46 · second line, undivided (nine)
孚乃利用禴，无咎。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject with that sincerity which will make even the (small) offerings of the vernal sacrifice acceptable. There will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
九二之孚，有喜也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 46 becomes hexagram 15.
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Character glossary
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 乃nǎithen; really, indeed, after all
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 禴yuèsacrifice
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 九jiǔnine
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful,
- 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.