Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 35 晉 Jìn, Advance
  3. Line 2
35 晉, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 35 晉 Jìn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

晉如,愁如,貞吉。受茲介福,于其王母。

jìn rú, chóu rú, zhēn jí. shòu zī jiè fú, yú qí wáng mǔ.

The second line, divided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, and yet of being sorrowful. If he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. He will receive this great blessing from his grandmother. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

受茲介福,以中正也。

shòu zī jiè fú, yǐ zhōng zhèng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646579); 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.