Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò, Small Excess
  3. Line 2
62 小過, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

過其祖，遇其妣；不及其君，遇其臣；无咎。

guò qí zǔ, yù qí bǐ; bù jí qí jūn, yù qí chén; wú jiù.

The second line, divided, shows its subject passing by his grandfather, and meeting with his grandmother; not attempting anything against his ruler, but meeting him as his minister. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不及其君，臣不可過也。

bù jí qí jūn, chén bù kě guò yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643238); 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.