Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 57 巽 Xùn, Wind
  3. Line 6
57 巽, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 57 巽 Xùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

巽在牀下，喪其資斧，貞凶。

xùn zài chuáng xià, sàng qí zī fǔ, zhēn xiōng.

The sixth line, undivided, shows the representative of penetration beneath a couch, and having lost the axe with which he executed his decisions. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

巽在牀下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。

xùn zài chuáng xià, shàng qióng yě. sàng qí zī fǔ, zhèng hū xiōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644966); 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.