Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 7 師 Shī, The Army
  3. Line 2
7 師, line 2

Line 2 九二 yang, undivided, of hexagram 7 師 Shī

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

在師中吉,无咎;王三錫命。

zài shī zhōng jí, wú jiù; wáng sān xī mìng.

The second line, undivided, shows (the leader) in the midst of the host. There will be good fortune and no error. The king has thrice conveyed to him the orders (of his favour). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

在師中吉,承天寵也。王三錫命,懷萬邦也。

zài shī zhōng jí, chéng tiān chǒng yě. wáng sān xī mìng, huái wàn bāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405011); 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.