Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 46 升 Shēng, Rising
  3. Line 6
46 升, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 46 升 Shēng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

冥升，利于不息之貞。

míng shēng, lì yú bù xī zhī zhēn.

The sixth line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

冥升在上，消不富也。

míng shēng zài shàng, xiāo bù fù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646879); 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.