Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 32 恒 Héng
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。
The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
浚恆之凶，始求深也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646486); 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.