Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 11 泰 Tài, Peace
  3. Line 2
11 泰, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 11 泰 Tài

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

包荒。用馮河，不遐遺；朋亡。得尚于中行。

bāo huāng. yòng píng hé, bù xiá yí; péng wáng. dé shàng yú zhōng xíng.

The second line, undivided, shows one who can bear with the uncultivated, will cross the Ho without a boat, does not forget the distant, and has no (selfish) friendships. Thus does he prove himself acting in accordance with the course of the due Mean. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

包荒，得尚于中行，以光大也。

bāo huāng, dé shàng yú zhōng xíng, yǐ guāng dà yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106138); 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.