Hexagram 57 巽, Line 6
巽
Hexagram 57 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
巽在牀下，喪其資斧，貞凶。
The sixth line, undivided, shows the representative of penetration beneath a couch, and having lost the axe with which he executed his decisions. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
巽在牀下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 57 becomes hexagram 48.
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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
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 資zīwealth, property, capital
- 斧fǔaxe, hatchet; to chop, to hew
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 也yěalso, too
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
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.