The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will (still) be good success.
1882 scan · p. 139Line 1 · Nine, undivided
The first line, undivided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him not seek for them;—they will return of themselves. Should he meet with bad men, he will not err (in communicating with them).
1882 scan · p. 139Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject happening to meet with his lord in a bye-passage. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 139Line 3 · Six, divided
In the third line, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
1882 scan · p. 139Line 4 · Nine, undivided
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented by the first line), and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake.
1882 scan · p. 139Line 5 · Six, divided
The fifth line, divided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. With his relative (and minister he unites closely and readily) as if he were biting through a piece of skin. When he goes forward (with this help), what error can there be?
1882 scan · p. 140Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems to) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 140James 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 ↗