Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 27 頤 Yí, Nourishment
  3. Line 1
27 頤, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 27 頤 Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

舍爾靈龜，觀我朵頤，凶。

shě ěr líng guī, guān wǒ duǒ yí, xiōng.

The first line, undivided, (seems to be thus addressed), ‘You leave your efficacious tortoise, and look at me till your lower jaw hangs down.’ There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

觀我朵頤，亦不足貴也。

guān wǒ duǒ yí, yì bù zú guì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643091); 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.