Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
翰音登于天，貞凶。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject in chanticleer (trying to) mount to heaven. Even with firm correctness there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
翰音登于天，何可長也。
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.