The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
1882 scan · p. 169Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows the caldron overthrown and its feet turned up. (But) there will be advantage in its getting rid of what was bad in it. (Or it shows us) the concubine (whose position is improved) by means of her son. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 169Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows the caldron with the things (to be cooked) in it. (If its subject can say), ' My enemy dislikes me, but he cannot approach me,' there will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 170Line 3 · Nine, undivided
The third line, undivided, shows the caldron with (the places of) its ears changed. The progress (of its subject) is (thus) stopped. The fat flesh of the pheasant (which is in the caldron) will not be eaten. But the (genial) rain will come, and the grounds for repentance will disappear. There will be good fortune in the end.
1882 scan · p. 170Line 4 · Nine, undivided
The fourth line, undivided, shows the caldron with its feet broken; and its contents, designed for the ruler's use, overturned and spilt. Its subject will be made to blush for shame. There will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 170Line 5 · Six, divided
The fifth line, divided, shows the caldron with yellow ears and rings of metal in them. There will be advantage through being firm and correct.
1882 scan · p. 171Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The sixth line, undivided, shows the caldron with rings of jade. There will be great good fortune, and all action taken will be in every way advantageous.
1882 scan · p. 171James 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 ↗