Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 44 姤 Gòu, Encounter
  3. Line 2
44 姤, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 44 姤 Gòu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

包有魚,无咎,不利賓。

bāo yǒu yú, wú jiù, bù lì bīn.

The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

包有魚,義不及賓也。

bāo yǒu yú, yì bù jí bīn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646826); 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.