Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 53 漸 Jiàn, Gradual Advance
  3. Line 1
53 漸, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鴻漸于干,小子厲,有言,无咎。

hóng jiàn yú gàn, xiǎo zǐ lì, yǒu yán, wú jiù.

The first line, divided, shows the wild geese gradually approaching the shore. A young officer (in similar circumstances) will be in a position of danger, and be spoken against; but there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

小子之厲,義无咎也。

xiǎo zǐ zhī lì, yì wú jiù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2560535); 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.