Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
  3. Line 6
20 觀, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 20 觀 Guān

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

觀其生，君子无咎。

guān qí shēng, jūn zǐ wú jiù.

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his character to see if it be indeed that of a superior man. He will not fall into error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

觀其生，志未平也。

guān qí shēng, zhì wèi píng 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.