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

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 16 豫 Yù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

介于石,不終日,貞吉。

jiè yú shí, bù zhōng rì, zhēn jí.

The second line, divided, shows one who is firm as a rock. (He sees a thing) without waiting till it has come to pass; with his firm correctness there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不終日,貞吉;以中正也。

bù zhōng rì, zhēn jí; yǐ zhōng zhèng 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.