Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 25 无妄 Wú Wàng, Without Pretence
  3. Line 2
25 无妄, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 25 无妄 Wú Wàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

不耕穫,不菑畬,則利有攸往。

bù gēng huò, bù zāi shē, zé lì yǒu yōu wǎng.

The second line, divided, shows one who reaps without having ploughed (that he might reap), and gathers the produce of his third year’s fields without having cultivated them the first year for that end. To such a one there will be advantage in whatever direction he may move. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不耕穫,未富也。

bù gēng huò, wèi fù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645038); 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.