Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 3 屯 Zhūn, Sprouting
  3. Line 6
3 屯, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 3 屯 Zhūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

乘馬班如,泣血漣如。

chéng mǎ bān rú, qì xuè lián rú.

The topmost line, divided, shows (its subject) with the horses of his chariot obliged to retreat, and weeping tears of blood in streams. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

泣血漣如,何可長也。

qì xuè lián rú, hé kě zhǎng 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.