Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 4 蒙 Méng
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
擊蒙，不利為寇，利禦寇。
In the topmost line, undivided, we see one smiting the ignorant (youth). But no advantage will come from doing him an injury. Advantage would come from warding off injury from him. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
利禦寇，上下順也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645379); 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.