Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 26 大畜 Dà Chù
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
有厲利已。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
有厲利已，不犯災也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646304); 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.