Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 5 需 Xū, Waiting
  3. Line 1
5 需, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 5 需 Xū

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

需于郊，利用恆，无咎。

xū yú jiāo, lì yòng héng, wú jiù.

The first line, undivided, shows its subject waiting in the distant border. It will be well for him constantly to maintain (the purpose thus shown), in which case there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

需于郊，不犯難行也。利用恆，无咎，未失常也。

xū yú jiāo, bù fàn nán xíng yě. lì yòng héng, wú jiù, wèi shī cháng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643261); 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.