Hexagram 61 中孚, Line 1
中孚
Hexagram 61 · first line, undivided (nine)
虞吉，有它不燕。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject resting (in himself). There will be good fortune. If he sought to any other, he would not find rest.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
初九虞吉，志未變也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 61 becomes hexagram 59.
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Character glossary
- 虞yúanxious, concerned, worried
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 它tāit; other
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 燕yànlovebird, swallow
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 九jiǔnine
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 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.