Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 6 訟 Sòng, Dispute
  3. Line 1
6 訟, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 6 訟 Sòng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

不永所事，小有言，終吉。

bù yǒng suǒ shì, xiǎo yǒu yán, zhōng jí.

The first line, divided, shows its subject not perpetuating the matter about which (the contention is). He will suffer the small (injury) of being spoken against, but the end will be fortunate. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

不永所事，訟不可長也。雖小有言，其辯明也。

bù yǒng suǒ shì, sòng bù kě zhǎng yě. suī xiǎo yǒu yán, qí biàn míng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645409); 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.