Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 21 噬嗑 Shì Kè, Chewing Through
  3. Line 2
21 噬嗑, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 21 噬嗑 Shì Kè

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

噬膚滅鼻，无咎。

shì fū miè bí, wú jiù.

The second line, divided, shows one biting through the soft flesh, and (going on to) bite off the nose. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

噬膚滅鼻，乘剛也。

shì fū miè bí, chéng gāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645753); 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.