Hexagram 46 升, Line 6
升
Hexagram 46 · sixth line, divided (six)
冥升，利于不息之貞。
The sixth line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
冥升在上，消不富也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 46 becomes hexagram 18.
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Character glossary
- 冥míngdark, gloomy, night; deep
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; paus
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away,
- 富fùabundant, ample; rich, wealthy
- 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.