Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 29 坎 Kǎn, The Pit
  3. Line 2
29 坎, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 29 坎 Kǎn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

坎有險，求小得。

kǎn yǒu xiǎn, qiú xiǎo dé.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject in all the peril of the defile. He will, however, get a little (of the deliverance) that he seeks. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

求小得，未出中也。

qiú xiǎo dé, wèi chū zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646381); 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.