Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi, The Marrying Sister
  3. Line 6
54 歸妹, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

女承筐无實，士刲羊无血，无攸利。

nǚ chéng kuāng wú shí, shì kuī yáng wú xuè, wú yōu lì.

The sixth line, divided, shows the young lady bearing the basket, but without anything in it, and the gentleman slaughtering the sheep, but without blood flowing from it. There will be no advantage in any way. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

上六无實，承虛筐也。

shàng liù wú shí, chéng xū kuāng 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.