Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 37 家人 Jiā Rén, The Household
  3. Line 1
37 家人, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 37 家人 Jiā Rén

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

閑有家,悔亡。

xián yǒu jiā, huǐ wáng.

The first line, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

閑有家,志未變也。

xián yǒu jiā, zhì wèi biàn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405005); 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.