Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 64 未濟 Wèi Jì, Not Yet Across
  3. Line 6
64 未濟, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 64 未濟 Wèi Jì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

有孚于飲酒，无咎，濡其首，有孚失是。

yǒu fú yú yǐn jiǔ, wú jiù, rú qí shǒu, yǒu fú shī shì.

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject full of confidence and therefore feasting (quietly). There will be no error. (If he) cherish this confidence, till he (is like the fox who) gets his head immersed, it will fail of what is right. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。

yǐn jiǔ rú shǒu, yì bù zhī jié yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647450); 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.