Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 33 遯 Dùn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
執之用黃牛之革，莫之勝說。
The second line, divided, shows its subject holding (his purpose) fast as if by a (thong made from the) hide of a yellow ox, which cannot be broken. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
執用黃牛，固志也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645108); 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.