Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 24 復 Fù, Return
  3. Line 6
24 復, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 24 復 Fù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君，凶；至于十年，不克征。

mí fù, xiōng, yǒu zāi shěng. yòng xíng shī, zhōng yǒu dà bài, yǐ qí guó jūn, xiōng; zhì yú shí nián, bù kè zhēng.

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

迷復之凶，反君道也。

mí fù zhī xiōng, fǎn jūn dào yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643037); 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.