The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Ta Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its conditions) in any direction whatever; there will be success.
1882 scan · p. 116Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows one placing mats of the white mao grass under things set on the ground. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 116Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing shoots, or an old husband in possession of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.
1882 scan · p. 116Line 3 · Nine, undivided
The third line, undivided, shows a beam that is weak. There will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 117Line 4 · Nine, undivided
The fourth line, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If (the subject of it) looks for other (help but that of line one), there will be cause for regret.
1882 scan · p. 117Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise.
1882 scan · p. 117Line 6 · Six, divided
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with extraordinary (boldness) wading through a stream, till the water hides the crown of his head. There will be evil, but no ground for blame.
1882 scan · p. 117James 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 ↗