Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 50 鼎 Dǐng, The Cauldron
  3. Line 2
50 鼎, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 50 鼎 Dǐng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鼎有實,我仇有疾,不我能即,吉。

dǐng yǒu shí, wǒ chóu yǒu jí, bù wǒ néng jí, jí.

The second line, undivided, shows the caldron with the things (to be cooked) in it. (If its subject can say), ‘My enemy dislikes me, but he cannot approach me,’ there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

鼎有實,慎所之也。我仇有疾,終无尤也。

dǐng yǒu shí, shèn suǒ zhī yě. wǒ chóu yǒu jí, zhōng wú yóu yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647086); 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.