The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
For (the realisation of what is taught in) Kia Zan, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.
1882 scan · p. 136Line 1 · Nine, undivided
The first line, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
1882 scan · p. 137Line 2 · Six, divided
The second line, divided, shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 137Line 3 · Nine, undivided
The third line, undivided, shows its subject (treating) the members of the household with stern severity. There will be occasion for repentance, there will be peril, (but) there will (also) be good fortune. If the wife and children were to be smirking and chattering, in the end there would be occasion for regret.
1882 scan · p. 137Line 4 · Six, divided
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 137Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 138Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 138James 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 ↗