Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 32 恒 Héng, Constancy
  3. Line 6
32 恒, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 32 恒 Héng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

震恆,凶。

zhèn héng, xiōng.

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

振恆在上,大无功也。

zhèn héng zài shàng, dà wú gōng yě.

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.