Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 56 旅 Lǚ
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
旅瑣瑣,斯其所取災。
The first line, divided, shows the stranger mean and meanly occupied. It is thus that he brings on himself (further) calamity. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
旅瑣瑣,志窮災也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647234); 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.