Hexagram 8 比, Line 1
比
Hexagram 8 · first line, divided (six)
有孚，比之，无咎。有孚盈缶，終來有它，吉。
The first line, divided, shows its subject seeking by his sincerity to win the attachment of his object. There will be no error. Let (the breast) be full of sincerity as an earthenware vessel is of its contents, and it will in the end bring other advantages.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
比之初六，有它吉也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 8 becomes hexagram 3.
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Character glossary
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 比bǐto compare, liken; comparison; than
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 盈yíngfull, overflowing; surplus; to fill
- 缶fǒuearthen crock or jar; pottery
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 它tāit; other
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 六liùsix
- 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.