Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 37 家人 Jiā Rén, The Household
  3. Line 2
37 家人, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 37 家人 Jiā Rén

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

无攸遂,在中饋,貞吉。

wú yōu suì, zài zhōng kuì, zhēn jí.

The second line, divided, shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六二之吉,順以巽也。

liù èr zhī jí, shùn yǐ xùn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405005); 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.