Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 18 蠱 Gǔ, Decay
  3. Line 1
18 蠱, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 18 蠱 Gǔ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

幹父之蠱，有子考，无咎，厲終吉。

gàn fù zhī gǔ, yǒu zǐ kǎo, wú jiù, lì zhōng jí.

The first line, divided, shows (a son) dealing with the troubles caused by his father. If he be an (able) son, the father will escape the blame of having erred. The position is perilous, but there will be good fortune in the end. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

幹父之蠱，意承考也。

gàn fù zhī gǔ, yì chéng kǎo yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106145); 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.