Hexagram 48 井, Line 2
井
Hexagram 48 · second line, undivided (nine)
井谷射鮒，瓮敝漏。
The second line, undivided, shows a well from which by a hole the water escapes and flows away to the shrimps (and such small creatures among the grass), or one the water of which leaks away from a broken basket.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
井谷射鮒，无與也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 48 becomes hexagram 39.
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Character glossary
- 井jǐngwell, mine shaft, pit
- 谷gǔvalley, gorge, ravine
- 射shèto shoot, to eject, to emit
- 鮒fùcarp, Carassius auratus
- 瓮wèngurn, earthen jar
- 敝bìto break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
- 漏lòuto leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 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.