Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 52 艮 Gèn, Stillness
  3. Line 6
52 艮, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 52 艮 Gèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

敦艮,吉。

dūn gěn, jí.

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

敦艮之吉,以厚終也。

dūn gěn zhī jí, yǐ hòu zhōng 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.