Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 17 隨 Suí, Following
  3. Line 6
17 隨, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 17 隨 Suí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

拘係之,乃從維之。王用亨于西山。

jū xì zhī, nǎi cóng wéi zhī. wáng yòng xiǎng yú xī shān.

The topmost line, divided, shows us (that sincerity) firmly held and clung to, yea, and bound fast. (We see) the king with it presenting his offerings on the western mountain. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

拘系之,上窮也。

jū xì zhī, shàng qióng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645020); 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.