Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 38 睽 Kuí
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
睽孤, 見豕負涂,載鬼一車, 先張之弧,後說之弧,匪寇婚媾,往遇雨則吉。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems to) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
遇雨之吉,群疑亡也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646622); 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.