Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 2 坤 Kūn, Earth
  3. Line 6
2 坤, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 2 坤 Kūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

龍戰于野,其血玄黃。

lóng zhàn yú yě, qí xuè xuán huáng.

The sixth line, divided, (shows) dragons fighting in the wild. Their blood is purple and yellow. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

龍戰于野,其道窮也。

lóng zhàn yú yě, qí dào qióng 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.