Hexagram 41 · line 4
Decrease
損Sǔn
Reduce the ailment; prompt action brings joy. No fault.
Line statement
六四
損其疾，使遄有喜，无咎。
Reduce the ailment; prompt action brings joy. No fault.
In the traditional reading, Line 4 receives prompt help from the corresponding first line to lessen an ailment. Changing Line 4 makes Fire above Lake, Hexagram 38.
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: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes