Hexagram 60 節, Line 6
節
Hexagram 60 · sixth line, divided (six)
苦節，貞凶，悔亡。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject enacting regulations severe and difficult. Even with firmness and correctness there will be evil. But though there will be cause for repentance, it will (by and by) disappear.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
苦節貞凶，其道窮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 60 becomes hexagram 61.
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Character glossary
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 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.