Hexagram 54 歸妹, Line 2
歸妹
Hexagram 54 · second line, undivided (nine)
眇能視，利幽人之貞。
The second line, undivided, shows her blind of one eye, and yet able to see. There will be advantage in her maintaining the firm correctness of a solitary widow.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
利幽人之貞，未變常也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 54 becomes hexagram 51.
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Character glossary
- 眇miǎoblind in one eye; subtle, minute, minusc
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 幽yōuquiet, secluded, tranquil; dark
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 常chángcommon, general, normal; always, frequen
- 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.