Hexagram 54 · 歸妹 guī mèi

The Younger Bride · line 4

九四:歸妹愆期,遲歸有時。

The fourth line, undivided, shows the younger sister who is to be married off protracting the time. She may be late in being married, but the time will come.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 54 The Younger Bride · Judgement

歸妹:征凶,无攸利。

Kwei Mei indicates that (under the conditions which it denotes) action will be evil, and in no wise advantageous.

James Legge, 1882