Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 31 咸 Xián, Mutual Feeling
  3. Line 2
31 咸, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 31 咸 Xián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

咸其腓,凶,居吉。

xián qí féi, xiōng, jū jí.

The second line, divided, shows one moving the calves of his leg. There will be evil. If he abide (quiet in his place), there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

雖凶,居吉,順不害也。

suī xiōng, jū jí, shùn bù hài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646450); 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.