Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 25 无妄 Wú Wàng, Without Pretence
  3. Line 1
25 无妄, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 25 无妄 Wú Wàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

无妄,往吉。

wú wàng, wǎng jí.

The first line, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance will be accompanied with good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

无妄之往,得志也。

wú wàng zhī wǎng, dé zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645038); 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.