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

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 3 屯 Zhūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

屯如邅如，乘馬班如，匪寇婚媾，女子貞不字，十年乃字。

tún rú zhān rú, chéng mǎ bān rú, fěi kòu hūn gòu, nǚ zǐ zhēn bù zì, shí nián nǎi zì.

The second line, divided, shows (its subject) distressed and obliged to return; (even) the horses of her chariot (also) seem to be retreating. (But) not by a spoiler (is she assailed), but by one who seeks her to be his wife. The young lady maintains her firm correctness, and declines a union. After ten years she will be united, and have children. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六二之難，乘剛也。十年乃字，反常也。

liù èr zhī nán, chéng gāng yě. shí nián nǎi zì, fǎn cháng 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.