Hexagram 64 未濟, Line 6
未濟
Hexagram 64 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
有孚于飲酒，无咎，濡其首，有孚失是。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject full of confidence and therefore feasting (quietly). There will be no error. (If he) cherish this confidence, till he (is like the fox who) gets his head immersed, it will fail of what is right.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 64 becomes hexagram 40.
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Character glossary
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 飲yǐnto swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 濡rúto moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 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.