Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 30 離 Lí, Radiance
  3. Line 1
30 離, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 30 離 Lí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

履錯然，敬之无咎。

lǚ cuò rán, jìng zhī wú jiù.

The first line, undivided, shows one ready to move with confused steps. But he treads at the same time reverently, and there will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

履錯之敬，以辟咎也。

lǚ cuò zhī jìng, yǐ pì jiù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646424); 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.