Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 52 艮 Gèn, Stillness
  3. Line 1
52 艮, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 52 艮 Gèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

艮其趾,无咎,利永貞。

gěn qí zhǐ, wú jiù, lì yǒng zhēn.

The first line, divided, shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

艮其趾,未失正也。

gěn qí zhǐ, wèi shī zhèng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647135); 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.