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

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

見龍在田，利見大人。

xiàn lóng zài tián, lì jiàn dà rén.

In the second line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon appearing in the field. It will be advantageous to meet with the great man. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

見龍在田，德施普也。

xiàn lóng zài tián, dé shī pǔ 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.