Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 59 渙 Huàn, Dispersal
  3. Line 6
59 渙, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 59 渙 Huàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

渙其血,去逖出,无咎。

huàn qí xuè, qù tì chū, wú jiù.

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

渙其血,遠害也。

huàn qí xuè, yuǎn hài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647580); 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.