Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 1 乾 Qián, Heaven
  3. Line 1
1 乾, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

潛龍勿用。

qián lóng wù yòng.

In the first (or lowest) line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon lying hid (in the deep). It is not the time for active doing. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

潛龍勿用，陽在下也。

qián lóng wù yòng, yáng zài xià yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404991); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.