Hexagram 64 · line 4
Before Completion
未濟Wèi Jì
Constancy is favorable; regret disappears. Mobilize to attack the Guifang; after three years, rewards come from the great state.
Line statement
九四
貞吉，悔亡。震用伐鬼方，三年有賞于大國。
Constancy is favorable; regret disappears. Mobilize to attack the Guifang; after three years, rewards come from the great state.
Line 4 calls for vigorous effort in the campaign against the Guifang and places reward after three years. Changing it makes Mountain above Water, Hexagram 4. Sustained effort and incomplete understanding provide the comparison.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an even place: not aligned
Its yang polarity does not match 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