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

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 6 訟 Sòng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。

huò xī zhī pán dài, zhōng cháo sān chǐ zhī.

The topmost line, undivided, shows how its subject may have the leathern belt conferred on him (by the sovereign), and thrice it shall be taken from him in a morning. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

以訟受服，亦不足敬也。

yǐ sòng shòu fú, yì bù zú jìng 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.