Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 30 離 Lí, Radiance
  3. Line 6
30 離, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 30 離 Lí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

王用出征，有嘉折首，獲匪其醜，无咎。

wáng yòng chū zhēng, yǒu jiā zhé shǒu, huò fěi qí chǒu, wú jiù.

The topmost line, undivided, shows the king employing its subject in his punitive expeditions. Achieving admirable (merit), he breaks (only) the chiefs (of the rebels). Where his prisoners were not their associates, he does not punish. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

王用出征，以正邦也。

wáng yòng chū zhēng, yǐ zhèng bāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646424); 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.