Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 19 臨 Lín, Approach
  3. Line 2
19 臨, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 19 臨 Lín

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

咸臨,吉无不利。

xián lín, jí wú bù lì.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject advancing in company (with the subject of the first line). There will be good fortune; (advancing) will be in every way advantageous. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

咸臨,吉无不利;未順命也。

xián lín, jí wú bù lì; wèi shùn mìng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106146); 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.