Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 42 益 Yì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，永貞吉。王用享于帝，吉。

huò yì zhī, shí péng zhī guī fú kè wéi, yǒng zhēn jí. wáng yòng xiǎng yú dì, jí.

The second line, divided, shows parties adding to the stores of its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells whose oracles cannot be opposed. Let him persevere in being firm and correct, and there will be good fortune. Let the king, (having the virtues thus distinguished), employ them in presenting his offerings to God, and there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

或益之，自外來也。

huò yì zhī, zì wài lái yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646726); 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.