Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 52 艮 Gèn, Stillness
  3. Line 2
52 艮, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 52 艮 Gèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

艮其腓,不拯其隨,其心不快。

gěn qí féi, bù zhěng qí suí, qí xīn bù kuài.

The second line, divided, shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help (the subject of the line above) whom he follows, and is dissatisfied in his mind. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不拯其隨,未退聽也。

bù zhěng qí suí, wèi tuì tīng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647135); 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.