Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 5 需 Xū, Waiting
  3. Line 2
5 需, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 5 需 Xū

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

需于沙,小有言,終吉。

xū yú shā, xiǎo yǒu yán, zhōng jí.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject waiting on the sand (of the mountain stream). He will (suffer) the small (injury of) being spoken (against), but in the end there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

需于沙,衍在中也。雖小有言,以吉終也。

xū yú shā, yǎn zài zhōng yě. suī xiǎo yǒu yán, yǐ jí zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643261); 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.