Hexagram 41 · line 1
Decrease
損Sǔn
Set aside one's own affairs and go quickly. No fault. Consider how much to give up.
Line statement
初九
已事遄往，无咎，酌損之。
Set aside one's own affairs and go quickly. No fault. Consider how much to give up.
Line 1 sets aside its own affairs to support the corresponding fourth line, but the amount given still calls for judgment. Changing Line 1 makes Water below Mountain, Hexagram 4.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes