Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú, Inner Sincerity
  3. Line 2
61 中孚, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。

míng hè zài yīn, qí zǐ hè zhī, wǒ yǒu hǎo jué, wú yǔ ěr mí zhī.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject (like) the crane crying out in her hidden retirement, and her young ones responding to her. (It is as if it were said), ‘I have a cup of good spirits,’ (and the response were), ‘I will partake of it with you.’ (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

其子和之，中心愿也。

qí zǐ hè zhī, zhōng xīn yuàn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647425); 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.