The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Po indicates that (in the state which it symbolises) it will not be advantageous to make a movement in any direction whatever.
1882 scan · p. 105Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows one overturning the couch by injuring its legs. (The injury will go on to) the destruction of (all) firm correctness, and there will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 106Line 2 · Six, divided
The second line, divided, shows one overthrowing the couch by injuring its frame. (The injury will go on to) the destruction of (all) firm correctness, and there will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 106Line 3 · Six, divided
The third line, divided, shows its subject among the overthrowers; but there will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 106Line 4 · Six, divided
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject having overthrown the couch, and (going to injure) the skin (of him who lies on it). There will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 106Line 5 · Six, divided
The fifth line, divided, shows (its subject leading on the others like) a string of fishes, and (obtaining for them) the favour that lights on the inmates of the palace. There will be advantage in every way.
1882 scan · p. 106Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject (as) a great fruit which has not been eaten. The superior man finds (the people again) as a chariot carrying him. The small men (by their course) overthrow their own dwellings.
1882 scan · p. 106James Legge · The Yî King (1882), Princeton scan. All 450 selected passages were independently image-read and compared by AI; unresolved print details remain. Not human or expert collation. Source and data ↗