- The 64
- 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
- Line 1
Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 20 觀 Guān
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
童觀,小人无咎,君子吝。
The first line, divided, shows the looking of a lad:—not blamable in men of inferior rank, but matter for regret in superior men. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
初六童觀,小人道也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645159); 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.