Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 38 睽 Kuí, Estrangement
  3. Line 6
38 睽, line 6

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。

kuí gū, jiàn shǐ fù tú, zài guǐ yī chē, xiān zhāng zhī hú, hòu tuō zhī hú, fěi kòu hūn gòu, wǎng yù yǔ zé jí.

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。

yù yǔ zhī jí, qún yí wáng yě.

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.