Hexagram 47 困, Line 4
困
Hexagram 47 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
來荼荼，困于金轝，吝，有終。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject proceeding very slowly (to help the subject of the first line), who is straitened by the carriage adorned with metal in front of him. There will be occasion for regret, but the end will be good.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
來徐徐，志在下也。雖不當位，有與也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 47 becomes hexagram 29.
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Character glossary
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 荼túa bitter vegetable
- 困kùnto surround; to besiege; surrounded, in
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 轝yùenvy; hate, dislike; resentment
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 徐xúslowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, comp
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 也yěalso, too
- 雖suīalthough, even though
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
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.