Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 3 屯 Zhūn, Sprouting
  3. Line 1
3 屯, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 3 屯 Zhūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

磐桓，利居貞，利建侯。

pán huán, lì jū zhēn, lì jiàn hóu.

The first line, undivided, shows the difficulty (its subject has) in advancing. It will be advantageous for him to abide correct and firm; advantageous (also) to be made a feudal ruler. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

雖磐桓，志行正也。以貴下賤，大得民也。

suī pán huán, zhì xíng zhèng yě. yǐ guì xià jiàn, dà dé mín yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643482); 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.