Hexagram 62 小過, Line 6
小過
Hexagram 62 · sixth line, divided (six)
弗遇過之，飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。
The sixth line, divided, shows its subject not meeting (the exigency of his situation), and exceeding (his proper course). (It suggests the idea of) a bird flying far aloft. There will be evil. The case is what is called one of calamity and selfproduced injury.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
弗遇過之，已亢也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 62 becomes hexagram 56.
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Character glossary
- 弗fúnot, negative
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 飛fēito fly, to dart; high
- 鳥niǎobird
- 離lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 災zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
- 眚shěngcataract; fault, error, crime
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 亢kànghigh, proud; violent, excessive; skilled
- 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.