Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 23 剝 Bō, Stripping Away
  3. Line 6
23 剝, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 23 剝 Bō

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

碩果不食，君子德車，小人剝廬。

shuò guǒ bù shí, jūn zǐ dé chē, xiǎo rén bō lú.

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject (as) a great fruit which has not been eaten. The superior man finds (the people again) as a chariot carrying him. The small men (by their course) overthrow their own dwellings. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

君子得輿，民所載也。小人剝廬，終不可用也。

jūn zǐ dé yú, mín suǒ zài yě. xiǎo rén bō lú, zhōng bù kě yòng yě.

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.