Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 51 震 Zhèn, Thunder
  3. Line 6
51 震, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 51 震 Zhèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，无咎。婚媾有言。

zhèn suǒ suǒ, shì jué jué, zhēng xiōng. zhèn bù yú qí gōng, yú qí lín, wú jiù. hūn gòu yǒu yán.

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject, amidst the startling movements (of the time), in breathless dismay and looking round him with trembling apprehension. If he take action, there will be evil. If, while the startling movements have not reached his own person and his neighbourhood, (he were to take precautions), there would be no error, though his relatives might (still) speak against him. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

震索索，中未得也。雖凶无咎，畏鄰戒也。

zhèn suǒ suǒ, zhōng wèi dé yě. suī xiōng wú jiù, wèi lín jiè yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644930); 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.