Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 27 頤 Yí, Nourishment
  3. Line 6
27 頤, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 27 頤 Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

由頤,厲吉,利涉大川。

yóu yí, lì jí, lì shè dà chuān.

The sixth line, undivided, shows him from whom comes the nourishing. His position is perilous, but there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous to cross the great stream. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

由頤厲吉,大有慶也。

yóu yí lì jí, dà yǒu qìng 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.