Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 6 訟 Sòng, Dispute
  3. Line 2
6 訟, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 6 訟 Sòng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶无眚。

bù kè sòng, guī ér bū, qí yì rén sān bǎi hù wú shěng.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject unequal to the contention. If he retire and keep concealed (where) the inhabitants of his city are (only) three hundred families, he will fall into no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不克訟，歸逋竄也。自下訟上，患至掇也。

bù kè sòng, guī bū cuàn yě. zì xià sòng shàng, huàn zhì duō yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645409); 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.