Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 55 豐 Fēng, Abundance
  3. Line 6
55 豐, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 55 豐 Fēng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

豐其屋,蔀其家,窺其戶,闃其无人,三歲不觌,凶。

fēng qí wū, bù qí jiā, kuī qí hù, qù qí wú rén, sān suì bù dí, xiōng.

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with his house made large, but only serving as a screen to his household. When he looks at his door, it is still, and there is nobody about it. For three years no one is to be seen. There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

豐其屋,天際翔也。窺其戶,闃其无人,自藏也。

fēng qí wū, tiān jì xiáng yě. kuī qí hù, qù qí wú rén, zì cáng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645290); 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.