Is line 4 of Immaturity in its correct place?

It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands.

Hexagram 4, line 4

六四Line 4 of Immaturity

Six in the fourth place · 蒙 méng

trapped in ignoranceisolatedfar from substance

爻辭 The line text

困蒙，吝。

The fourth line, divided, (shows its subject as if) bound in chains of ignorance. There will be occasion for regret.

Its symbolism

困蒙之吝，獨遠實也。

'The regret arising from ignorance bound in chains' is due to the special distance of (the subject of this line) from the solidity (shown in lines 2 and 6).

In plain words

'Hemmed in by ignorance: humiliation.' Line four is yin in a yin place, correct, but it is the only line in the hexagram with yin on both sides and no yang correspondent (line one is also yin). It is cut off from both teachers: the strong second line is two places below, the strong top line is two places above, and neither reaches it. The small Image gives the reason precisely: it alone is far from what is solid (獨遠實也). Where the other yin lines of Meng have a teacher near them or answering them, this one has none, and so its ignorance hardens into isolation. Cheng Yi observes that the fault is partly of position and partly of choice — a person who keeps to their own kind and never approaches the capable stays trapped.

If this line is changing

If you feel stuck and unteachable, it is because nobody solid is within reach; go toward the competent person rather than waiting for one to appear beside you.

Where the line stands

A broken line, yin — written 六 (six), the number of an old yin line that moves when cast.
It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands.
It belongs to the upper trigram 艮 Gen (Keeping Still) (mountain).
It has no correspondence (無應) with line 1: both lines are yin, so this line must find its support in its neighbours or in itself.

之卦 When this line moves

蒙 Immaturity becomes ䷿ 64 未濟 Not Yet Crossed

Fire over water, every line out of place: not yet across. Success is possible — but the little fox, nearly over, wets its tail; nothing is favourable yet. The Book ends with the crossing still ahead.

What it becomes64 · 未濟 Not Yet Crossedwèi jì

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Questions about this line

What does Six in the fourth place of hexagram 4, Immaturity, mean?: 'Hemmed in by ignorance: humiliation.' Line four is yin in a yin place, correct, but it is the only line in the hexagram with yin on both sides and no yang correspondent (line one is also yin). It is cut off from both teachers: the strong second line is two places below, the strong top line is two places above, and neither reaches it. The small Image gives the reason precisely: it alone is far from what is solid (獨遠實也). Where the other yin lines of Meng have a teacher near them or answering them, this one has none, and so its ignorance hardens into isolation. Cheng Yi observes that the fault is partly of position and partly of choice — a person who keeps to their own kind and never approaches the capable stays trapped.
What does hexagram 4 become when line 4 changes?: Immaturity becomes hexagram 64, 未濟 Not Yet Crossed: Fire over water, every line out of place: not yet across. Success is possible — but the little fox, nearly over, wets its tail; nothing is favourable yet. The Book ends with the crossing still ahead.
Is line 4 of Immaturity in its correct place?: It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands.

Cast a reading Hexagram 4 in full Changing lines explained

Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).