Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 56 旅 Lǚ, The Traveller
  3. Line 1
56 旅, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 56 旅 Lǚ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

旅瑣瑣,斯其所取災。

lǚ suǒ suǒ, sī qí suǒ qǔ zāi.

The first line, divided, shows the stranger mean and meanly occupied. It is thus that he brings on himself (further) calamity. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

旅瑣瑣,志窮災也。

lǚ suǒ suǒ, zhì qióng zāi yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647234); 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.