Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 7 師 Shī, The Army
  3. Line 4
7 師, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 7 師 Shī

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

師左次,无咎。

shī zuǒ cì, wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows the host in retreat. There is no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

左次无咎,未失常也。

zuǒ cì wú jiù, wèi shī cháng 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.