Hexagram 9 小畜, Line 6
小畜
Hexagram 9 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
既雨既處，尚得載，婦貞厲，月幾望，君子征凶。
The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed;—(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 9 becomes hexagram 5.
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Character glossary
- 既jìalready, since, then; both; de facto
- 雨yǔrain
- 處chùto reside at, to live in; place, locale;
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 載zàiload; to carry, to convey, to transport
- 婦fùmarried woman; wife
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 幾jǐsmall table; how many; a few, some
- 望wàngto expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 積jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 也yěalso, too
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
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.