Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 12 否 Pǐ, Blocked
  3. Line 2
12 否, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 12 否 Pǐ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

包承,小人吉,大人否。亨。

bāo chéng, xiǎo rén jí, dà rén pǐ. hēng.

The second line, divided, shows its subject patient and obedient. To the small man (comporting himself so) there will be good fortune. If the great man (comport himself) as the distress and obstruction require, he will have success. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

大人否,亨。不亂羣也。

dà rén pǐ, hēng. bù luàn qún yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645603); 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.