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  1. The 64
  2. 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù, Small Restraint
  3. Line 6
9 小畜, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 9 小畜 Xiǎo Chù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

既雨既處,尚得載,婦貞厲,月幾望,君子征凶。

jì yǔ jì chǔ, shàng dé zài, fù zhēn lì, yuè jǐ wàng, jūn zǐ zhēng xiōng.

The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed;—(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

既雨既處,德積載也。君子征凶,有所疑也。

jì yǔ jì chǔ, dé jī zài yě. jūn zǐ zhēng xiōng, yǒu suǒ yí yě.

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.