Hexagram 61 中孚, Line 2
中孚
Hexagram 61 · second line, undivided (nine)
鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject (like) the crane crying out in her hidden retirement, and her young ones responding to her. (It is as if it were said), 'I have a cup of good spirits' (and the response were), 'I will partake of it with you'
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
其子和之，中心愿也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 61 becomes hexagram 42.
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Character glossary
- 鳴mínga bird call or animal cry; to make a sou
- 鶴hècrane; Grus species (various)
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 陰yīnthe female principle; dark, shaded; hidd
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 和héharmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable;
- 爵juénoble; a feudal rank or title
- 吾wúI, my, our; to resist, to impede
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 靡míto scatter, to disperse; to divide
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 愿yuàndesire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, w
- 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.