- The 64
- 5 需 Xū, Waiting
- Line 2
Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 5 需 Xū
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
需于沙，小有言，終吉。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject waiting on the sand (of the mountain stream). He will (suffer) the small (injury of) being spoken (against), but in the end there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
需于沙，衍在中也。雖小有言，以吉終也。
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.