Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 23 剝 Bō
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
剝牀以足，蔑貞凶。
The first line, divided, shows one overturning the couch by injuring its legs. (The injury will go on to) the destruction of (all) firm correctness, and there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
剝牀以足，以滅下也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645800); 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.