The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Kau shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.
1882 scan · p. 154Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.
1882 scan · p. 155Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests.
1882 scan · p. 155Line 3 · Nine, undivided
The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.
1882 scan · p. 155Line 4 · Nine, undivided
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.
1882 scan · p. 155Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven.
1882 scan · p. 155Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 155James 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 ↗