Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 42 益 Yì, Increase
  3. Line 1
42 益, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 42 益 Yì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

利用為大作，元吉，无咎。

lì yòng wèi dà zuò, yuán jí, wú jiù.

The first line, undivided, shows that it will be advantageous for its subject in his position to make a great movement. If it be greatly fortunate, no blame will be imputed to him. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

元吉无咎，下不厚事也。

yuán jí wú jiù, xià bù hòu shì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646726); 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.