Yarrow Stalks
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  2. 11 泰 Tài, Peace
  3. Line 1
11 泰, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 11 泰 Tài

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

拔茅茹以其彙，征吉。

bá máo rú yǐ qí huì, zhēng jí.

The first line, undivided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. Advance (on the part of its subject) will be fortunate. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

拔茅征吉，志在外也。

bá máo zhēng jí, zhì zài wài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106138); 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.