Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 36 明夷 Míng Yí, Light Wounded
  3. Line 2
36 明夷, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 36 明夷 Míng Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

明夷，夷于左股，用拯馬壯，吉。

míng yí, yí yú zuǒ gǔ, yòng zhěng mǎ zhuàng, jí.

The second line, divided, shows its subject, (in the condition indicated by) Ming Î, wounded in the left thigh. He saves himself by the strength of a (swift) horse; and is fortunate. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六二之吉，順以則也。

liù èr zhī jí, shùn yǐ zé yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644507); 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.