Hexagram 54 歸妹, Line 6
歸妹
Hexagram 54 · sixth line, divided (six)
女承筐无實，士刲羊无血，无攸利。
The sixth line, divided, shows the young lady bearing the basket, but without anything in it, and the gentleman slaughtering the sheep, but without blood flowing from it. There will be no advantage in any way.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
上六无實，承虛筐也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 54 becomes hexagram 38.
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Character glossary
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 承chéngto undertake, to bear, to accept a duty;
- 筐kuāngbamboo basket or chest
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 實shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
- 刲kuīcut, slice off
- 羊yángsheep, goat
- 血xuèblood
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 六liùsix
- 虛xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 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.