Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 7 師 Shī, The Army
  3. Line 1
7 師, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 7 師 Shī

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

師出以律，否臧，凶。

shī chū yǐ lǜ, pǐ zāng, xiōng.

The first line, divided, shows the host going forth according to the rules (for such a movement). If these be not good, there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

師出以律；失律，凶也。

shī chū yǐ lǜ; shī lǜ, xiōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405011); 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.