Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 48 井 Jǐng, The Well
  3. Line 1
48 井, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 48 井 Jǐng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

井泥不食，舊井无禽。

jǐng ní bù shí, jiù jǐng wú qín.

The first line, divided, shows a well so muddy that men will not drink of it; or an old well to which neither birds (nor other creatures) resort. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

井泥不食，下也。舊井无禽，時舍也。

jǐng ní bù shí, xià yě. jiù jǐng wú qín, shí shě yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645240); 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.