Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 16 豫 Yù, Gladness
  3. Line 1
16 豫, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 16 豫 Yù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鳴豫，凶。

míng yù, xiōng.

The first line, divided, shows its subject proclaiming his pleasure and satisfaction. There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

初六鳴豫，志窮凶也。

chū liù míng yù, zhì qióng xiōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645735); 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.