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

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 41 損 Sǔn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

利貞，征凶，弗損益之。

lì zhēn, zhēng xiōng, fú sǔn yì zhī.

The second line, undivided, shows that it will be advantageous for its subject to maintain a firm correctness, and that action on his part will be evil. He can give increase (to his correlate) without taking from himself. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

九二利貞，中以為志也。

jiǔ èr lì zhēn, zhōng yǐ wèi 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.