Hexagram 19 · line 4
Approach
臨Lín
Complete approach. No fault.
Line statement
六四
至臨，无咎。
Complete approach. No fault.
Line 4 approaches the first line in a proper relationship, reaching fully across the two trigrams. Changing it to firm turns upper earth to thunder and produces Hexagram 54.
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