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  1. The 64
  2. 41 損 Sǔn, Decrease
  3. Line 1
41 損, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 41 損 Sǔn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

祀事遄往，无咎，酌損之。

sì shì chuán wǎng, wú jiù, zhuó sǔn zhī.

The first line, undivided, shows its subject suspending his own affairs, and hurrying away (to help the subject of the fourth line). He will commit no error, but let him consider how far he should contribute of what is his (for the other). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

已事遄往，尚合志也。

yǐ shì chuán wǎng, shàng hé zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646704); 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.