Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 18 蠱 Gǔ, Decay
  3. Line 6
18 蠱, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 18 蠱 Gǔ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

不事王侯，高尚其事。

bù shì wáng hóu, gāo shàng qí shì.

The sixth line, undivided, shows us one who does not serve either king or feudal lord, but in a lofty spirit prefers (to attend to) his own affairs. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不事王侯，志可則也。

bù shì wáng hóu, zhì kě zé yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106145); 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.