Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi, The Marrying Sister
  3. Line 1
54 歸妹, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。

guī mèi yǐ dì, bǒ néng lǚ, zhēng jí.

The first line, undivided, shows the younger sister married off in a position ancillary to the real wife. (It suggests the idea of) a person lame on one leg who yet manages to tramp along. Going forward will be fortunate. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

歸妹以娣，以恆也。跛能履吉，相承也。

guī mèi yǐ dì, yǐ héng yě. bǒ néng lǚ jí, xiāng chéng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647182); 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.