Hexagram 20 · line 4
Contemplation
觀Guān
Observing the radiance of the state. Being received as the king’s guest is beneficial.
Line statement
六四
觀國之光，利用賓于王。
Observing the radiance of the state. Being received as the king’s guest is beneficial.
The radiance of the state is viewed from Line 4, the entrance to upper wind and the place of the king's guest, while a firm line there changes wind to heaven and produces Hexagram 12.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 1: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes