Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 2 坤 Kūn, Earth
  3. Line 1
2 坤, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 2 坤 Kūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

履霜，堅冰至。

lǚ shuāng, jiān bīng zhì.

In the first line, divided, (we see its subject) treading on hoarfrost. The strong ice will come (by and by). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

履霜堅冰，陰始凝也。馴致其道，至堅冰也。

lǚ shuāng jiān bīng, yīn shǐ níng yě. xún zhì qí dào, zhì jiān bīng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404999); 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.