Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
壯于趾，征凶，有孚。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject manifesting his strength in his toes. But advance will lead to evil,—most certainly. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
壯于趾，其孚窮也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646529); 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.