The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Kieh intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.
1882 scan · p. 197Line 1 · Nine, undivided
The first line, undivided, shows its subject not quitting the courtyard outside his door. There will be no error.
1882 scan · p. 197Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject not quitting the courtyard inside his gate. There will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 198Line 3 · Six, divided
The third line, divided, shows its subject with no appearance of observing the (proper) regulations, in which case we shall see him lamenting. But there will be no one to blame (but himself).
1882 scan · p. 198Line 4 · Six, divided
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject quietly and naturally (attentive to all) regulations. There will be progress and success.
1882 scan · p. 198Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject sweetly and acceptably enacting his regulations. There will be good fortune. The onward progress with them will afford ground for admiration.
1882 scan · p. 198Line 6 · Six, divided
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject enacting regulations severe and difficult. Even with firmness and correctness there will be evil. But though there will be cause for repentance, it will (by and by) disappear.
1882 scan · p. 198James 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 ↗