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

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 2 坤 Kūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

直方大，不習无不利。

zhí fāng dà, bù xí wú bù lì.

The second line, divided, (shows the attribute of) being straight, square, and great. (Its operation), without repeated efforts, will be in every respect advantageous. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六二之動，直以方也。不習无不利，地道光也。

liù èr zhī dòng, zhí yǐ fāng yě. bù xí wú bù lì, dì dào guāng 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.