Hexagram 57 巽, Line 2
巽
Hexagram 57 · second line, undivided (nine)
巽在牀下，用史巫紛若，吉无咎。
The second line, undivided, shows the representative of Sun beneath a couch, and employing diviners and exorcists in a way bordering on confusion. There will be good fortune and no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
紛若之吉，得中也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 57 becomes hexagram 53.
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Character glossary
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 牀chuángbed, couch; bench; chassis
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 史shǐhistory, chronicle, annals
- 巫wūwizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
- 紛fēntangled, scattered; numerous, confused
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 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.