Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò, Small Excess
  3. Line 6
62 小過, line 6

Line 6 上六 yin, divided, of hexagram 62 小過 Xiǎo Guò

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

弗遇過之，飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。

fú yù guò zhī, fēi niǎo lí zhī, xiōng, shì wèi zāi shěng.

The sixth line, divided, shows its subject not meeting (the exigency of his situation), and exceeding (his proper course). (It suggests the idea of) a bird flying far aloft. There will be evil. The case is what is called one of calamity and self-produced injury. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

弗遇過之，已亢也。

fú yù guò zhī, yǐ kàng 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.