Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 14 大有 Dà Yǒu
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
无交害，匪咎，艱則无咎。
In the first line, undivided, there is no approach to what is injurious, and there is no error. Let there be a realisation of the difficulty (and danger of the position), and there will be no error (to the end). (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
大有初九，无交害也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645712); 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.