Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 14 大有 Dà Yǒu, Great Holdings
  3. Line 6
14 大有, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 14 大有 Dà Yǒu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

自天佑之,吉无不利。

zì tiān yòu zhī, jí wú bù lì.

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject with help accorded to him from Heaven. There will be good fortune, advantage in every respect. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

大有上吉,自天佑也。

dà yǒu shàng jí, zì tiān yòu yě.

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.