Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 36 明夷 Míng Yí, Light Wounded
  3. Line 1
36 明夷, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 36 明夷 Míng Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

明夷于飛，垂其翼。君子于行，三日不食，有攸往，主人有言。

míng yí yú fēi, chuí qí yì. jūn zǐ yú xíng, sān rì bù shí, yǒu yōu wǎng, zhǔ rén yǒu yán.

The first line, undivided, shows its subject, (in the condition indicated by) Ming Î, flying, but with drooping wings. When the superior man (is revolving) his going away, he may be for three days without eating. Wherever he goes, the people there may speak (derisively of him). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

君子于行，義不食也。

jūn zǐ yú xíng, yì bù shí yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644507); 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.