Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng, Great Strength
  3. Line 6
34 大壯, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

羝羊觸藩，不能退，不能遂，无攸利，艱則吉。

dī yáng chù fān, bù néng tuì, bù néng suì, wú yōu lì, jiān zé jí.

The sixth line, divided, shows (one who may be compared to) the ram butting against the fence, and unable either to retreat, or to advance as he would fain do. There will not be advantage in any respect; but if he realise the difficulty (of his position), there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不能退，不能遂，不詳也。艱則吉，咎不長也。

bù néng tuì, bù néng suì, bù xiáng yě. jiān zé jí, jiù bù zhǎng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646529); 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.