54. A Subordinate Role · 歸妹 九四
Line 4 of hexagram 54
In practice
If you know how to wait, you'll get what you want, and get it perfectly.
The poetry
The young woman lets the time for her wedding pass. A late marriage has its hour.
九四：歸妹愆期，遲歸有時。
象曰：愆期之志，有待而行也。
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19 Fleeting SuccessIf only this line moves →