Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 40 解 Xiè, Release
  3. Line 2
40 解, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 40 解 Xiè

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。

tián huò sān hú, dé huáng shǐ, zhēn jí.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (= golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

九二貞吉，得中道也。

jiǔ èr zhēn jí, dé zhōng dào yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646666); 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.