Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 31 咸 Xián, Mutual Feeling
  3. Line 6
31 咸, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 31 咸 Xián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

咸其輔，頰，舌。

xián qí fǔ, jiá, shé.

The sixth line, divided, shows one moving his jaws and tongue. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

咸其輔，頰，舌，滕口說也。

xián qí fǔ, jiá, shé, téng kǒu yuè 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.