Hexagram 49 革, Line 1
革
Hexagram 49 · first line, undivided (nine)
鞏用黃牛之革。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject (as if he were) bound with the skin of a yellow ox.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
鞏用黃牛，不可以有為也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 49 becomes hexagram 31.
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Character glossary
- 鞏gǒngto bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm,
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 革géleather, animal hide; to reform; to remo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 為wèito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to
- 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.