Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 57 巽 Xùn, Wind
  3. Line 2
57 巽, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 57 巽 Xùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

巽在牀下,用史巫紛若,吉无咎。

xùn zài chuáng xià, yòng shǐ wū fēn ruò, jí wú jiù.

The second line, undivided, shows the representative of Sun beneath a couch, and employing diviners and exorcists in a way bordering on confusion. There will be good fortune and no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

紛若之吉,得中也。

fēn ruò zhī jí, dé zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644966); 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.