Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù, Small Restraint
  3. Line 2
9 小畜, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

牽復,吉。

qiān fù, jí.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

牽復在中,亦不自失也。

qiān fù zài zhōng, yì bù zì shī yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645530); 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.