Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 63 既濟 Jì Jì, Already Across
  3. Line 1
63 既濟, line 1

Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 63 既濟 Jì Jì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

曳其輪,濡其尾,无咎。

yè qí lún, rú qí wěi, wú jiù.

The first line, undivided, (shows its subject as a driver) who drags back his wheel, (or as a fox) which has wet his tail. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

曳其輪,義无咎也。

yè qí lún, yì wú jiù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2572417); 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.