Hexagram 63 既濟, Line 2
既濟
Hexagram 63 · second line, divided (six)
婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得。
The second line, divided, (shows its subject as) a wife who has lost her (carriage-)screen. There is no occasion to go in pursuit of it. In seven days she will find it.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
七日得，以中道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 63 becomes hexagram 5.
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Character glossary
- 婦fùmarried woman; wife
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 茀fúweeds; overgrowth
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
- 七qīseven
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 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.