Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 15 謙 Qiān, Modesty
  3. Line 6
15 謙, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 15 謙 Qiān

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鳴謙，利用行師，征邑國。

míng qiān, lì yòng xíng shī, zhēng yì guó.

The sixth line, divided, shows us humility that has made itself recognised. The subject of it will with advantage put his hosts in motion; but (he will only) punish his own towns and state. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

鳴謙，志未得也。可用行師，征邑國也。

míng qiān, zhì wèi dé yě. kě yòng xíng shī, zhēng yì guó yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106142); 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.