Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò, Small Excess
  3. Line 1
62 小過, line 1

Line 1 初六 yin, divided, of hexagram 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

飛鳥以凶。

fēi niǎo yǐ xiōng.

The first line, divided, suggests (the idea of) a bird flying, (and ascending) till the issue is evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

飛鳥以凶，不可如何也。

fēi niǎo yǐ xiōng, bù kě rú hé yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643238); 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.