The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Hwan intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
1882 scan · p. 194Line 1 · Six, divided
The first line, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing (from the impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. There will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 195Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
1882 scan · p. 195Line 3 · Six, divided
The third line, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.
1882 scan · p. 195Line 4 · Six, divided
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.
1882 scan · p. 195Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 195Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 196James 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 ↗