Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
鴻漸于干,小子厲,有言,无咎。
The first line, divided, shows the wild geese gradually approaching the shore. A young officer (in similar circumstances) will be in a position of danger, and be spoken against; but there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
小子之厲,義无咎也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2560535); 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.