Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 12 否 Pǐ, Blocked
  3. Line 1
12 否, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 12 否 Pǐ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

拔茅茹以其彙，貞吉。亨。

bá máo rú yǐ qí huì, zhēn jí. hēng.

The first line, divided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. With firm correctness (on the part of its subject), there will be good fortune and progress. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

拔茅貞吉，志在君也。

bá máo zhēn jí, zhì zài jūn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645603); 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.