Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 60 節 Jié, Limits
  3. Line 6
60 節, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 60 節 Jié

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

苦節，貞凶，悔亡。

kǔ jié, zhēn xiōng, huǐ wáng.

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject enacting regulations severe and difficult. Even with firmness and correctness there will be evil. But though there will be cause for repentance, it will (by and by) disappear. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

苦節貞凶，其道窮也。

kǔ jié zhēn xiōng, qí dào qióng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405027); 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.