Hexagram 8 · line 4
Holding Together
比Bì
Joining outwardly. Constancy is favorable.
Line statement
六四
外比之，貞吉。
Joining outwardly. Constancy is favorable.
Outward joining begins at Line 4, directly below the firm fifth-line center. Changing this line to firm turns upper water to lake and gives Hexagram 45.
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