Hexagram 29, Kǎn (The Abysmal Water): Line 4
坎卦六四 · 坎为水 · 中文版
六四：樽酒簋贰，用缶，纳约自牖，终无咎。
The line (Legge)
The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject (at a feast), with (simply) a bottle of spirits, and a subsidiary basket of rice, while (the cups and bowls) are (only) of earthenware. He introduces his important lessons (as his ruler's) intelligence admits. There will in the end be no error.
Small Image commentary
'(Nothing but) a bottle of spirits and a subsidiary basket of rice:' - (these describe) the meeting at this point of (those who are represented by) the strong and weak lines.
象曰：樽酒簋贰，刚柔济也。
In plain words
A jug of wine and two bowls of grain in plain earthenware, passed in through the window: in the end no fault. The fourth line is right next to the ruler in the fifth place; in a time of danger it approaches the ruler simply and sincerely, without ceremony. The Small Image says firm and yielding meet.
Applying it to your situation
If you need to reach someone in a hard time, this line suggests being simple and sincere and taking a way they can accept. Is there a more direct, plainer way to say it?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the fourth place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 1; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Kǎn changes into Hexagram 47 Kùn (Exhaustion). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·坎之困.
The hexagram
Hexagram 29 Kǎn (The Abysmal Water). The Judgment: Kan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.