Line 1 初九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
復自道，何其咎，吉。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
復自道，其義吉也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645530); 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.