Hexagram 41 · 損 sǔn

Reduction · line 4

六四:損其疾,使遄有喜,无咎。

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under which he labours by making (the subject of the first line) hasten (to his help), and make him glad. There will be no error.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 41 Reduction · Judgement

損:有孚,元吉,无咎,可貞,利有攸往。曷之用?二簋可用享。

In (what is denoted by) Sun, if there be sincerity (in him who employs it), there will be great good fortune:—freedom from error; firmness and correctness that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed? (Even) in sacrifice two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented.

James Legge, 1882