Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 45 萃 Cuì
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
有孚不終,乃亂乃萃,若號一握為笑,勿恤,往无咎。
The first line, divided, shows its subject with a sincere desire (for union), but unable to carry it out, so that disorder is brought into the sphere of his union. If he cry out (for help to his proper correlate), all at once (his tears) will give place to smiles. He need not mind (the temporary difficulty); as he goes forward, there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
乃亂乃萃,其志亂也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647546); 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.