Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 10 履 Lǚ, Treading
  3. Line 2
10 履, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 10 履 Lǚ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

履道坦坦,幽人貞吉。

lǚ dào tǎn tǎn, yōu rén zhēn jí.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject treading the path that is level and easy;—a quiet and solitary man, to whom, if he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

幽人貞吉,中不自亂也。

yōu rén zhēn jí, zhōng bù zì luàn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647513); 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.