Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
  3. Line 2
20 觀, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 20 觀 Guān

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

窺觀，利女貞。

kuī guān, lì nǚ zhēn.

The second line, divided, shows one peeping out from a door. It would be advantageous if it were (merely) the firm correctness of a female. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

窺觀女貞，亦可醜也。

kuī guān nǚ zhēn, yì kě chǒu yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645159); 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.