Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 11 泰 Tài, Peace
  3. Line 6
11 泰, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 11 泰 Tài

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

城復于隍，勿用師，自邑告命，貞吝。

chéng fù yú huáng, wù yòng shī, zì yì gào mìng, zhēn lìn.

The sixth line, divided, shows us the city wall returned into the moat. It is not the time to use the army. (The subject of the line) may, indeed, announce his orders to the people of his own city; but however correct and firm he may be, he will have cause for regret. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

城復于隍，其命亂也。

chéng fù yú huáng, qí mìng luàn 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.