Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 19 臨 Lín, Approach
  3. Line 6
19 臨, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 19 臨 Lín

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

敦臨,吉无咎。

dūn lín, jí wú jiù.

The sixth line, divided, shows the advance of honesty and generosity. There will be good fortune, and no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

敦臨之吉,志在內也。

dūn lín zhī jí, zhì zài nèi yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106146); 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.