Hexagram 46 升, Line 4
升
Hexagram 46 · fourth line, divided (six)
王用享于岐山,吉无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Kkl There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
王用亨于岐山,順事也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 46 becomes hexagram 32.
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Character glossary
- 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!
- 岐qíto diverge, to branch; the name of a mou
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 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.