The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Wu Wang indicates great progress and success, while there will be advantage in being firm and correct. If (its subject and his action) be not correct, he will fall into errors, and it will not be advantageous for him to move in any direction.
1882 scan · p. 109Line 1 · Nine, undivided
The first line, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance will be accompanied with good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 110Line 2 · Six, divided
The second line, divided, shows one who reaps without having ploughed (that he might reap), and gathers the produce of his third year's fields without having cultivated them the first year for that end. To such a one there will be advantage in whatever direction he may move.
1882 scan · p. 110Line 3 · Six, divided
The third line, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity;—as in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it (and carries it off), while the people in the neighbourhood have the calamity (of being accused and apprehended).
1882 scan · p. 110Line 4 · Nine, undivided
The fourth line, undivided, shows (a case) in which, if its subject can remain firm and correct, there will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 111Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows one who is free from insincerity, and yet has fallen ill. Let him not use medicine, and he will have occasion for joy (in his recovery).
1882 scan · p. 111Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject free from insincerity, yet sure to fall into error, if he take action. (His action) will not be advantageous in any way.
1882 scan · p. 111James 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 ↗