The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
In (the state indicated by) Kieh advantage will be found in the south-west. If no (further) operations be called for, there will be good fortune in coming back (to the old conditions). If some operations be called for, there will be good fortune in the early conducting of them.
1882 scan · p. 144Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows that its subject will commit no error.
1882 scan · p. 144Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (=golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 145Line 3 · Six, divided
The third line, divided, shows a porter with his burden, (yet) riding in a carriage. He will (only) tempt robbers to attack him. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be cause for regret.
1882 scan · p. 145Line 4 · Nine, undivided
(To the subject of) the fourth line, undivided, (it is said), ' Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.'
1882 scan · p. 145Line 5 · Six, divided
The fifth line, divided, shows (its subject), the superior man (=the ruler), executing his function of removing (whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram), in which case there will be good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men.
1882 scan · p. 145Line 6 · Six, divided
In the sixth line, divided, we see a feudal prince (with his bow) shooting at a falcon on the top of a high wall, and hitting it. (The effect of his action) will be in every way advantageous.
1882 scan · p. 145James 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 ↗