Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
  3. Line 1
20 觀, 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。

tóng guān, xiǎo rén wú jiù, jūn zǐ lìn.

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。

chū liù tóng guān, xiǎo rén dào yě.

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.