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

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 63 既濟 Jì Jì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

婦喪其茀,勿逐,七日得。

fù sàng qí fú, wù zhú, qī rì dé.

The second line, divided, (shows its subject as) a wife who has lost her (carriage-)screen. There is no occasion to go in pursuit of it. In seven days she will find it. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

七日得,以中道也。

qī rì dé, yǐ zhōng dào 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.