Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 1 乾 Qián, Heaven
  3. Line 6
1 乾, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

亢龍，有悔。

kàng lóng, yǒu huǐ.

In the sixth (or topmost) line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon exceeding the proper limits. There will be occasion for repentance. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

亢龍有悔，盈不可久也。

kàng lóng yǒu huǐ, yíng bù kě jiǔ yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404991); 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.