Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 47 困 Kùn, Hemmed In
  3. Line 1
47 困, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 47 困 Kùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。

tún kùn yú zhū mù, rù yú yōu gǔ, sān suì bù dí.

The first line, divided, shows its subject with bare buttocks straitened under the stump of a tree. He enters a dark valley, and for three years has no prospect (of deliverance). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

入于幽谷，幽不明也。

rù yú yōu gǔ, yōu bù míng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647032); 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.