The Yî King · James Legge
Judgment
Hsiao Khu indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. (We see) dense clouds, but no rain coming from our borders in the west.
1882 scan · p. 76Line 1 · Nine, undivided
The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 76Line 2 · Nine, undivided
The second line, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be good fortune.
1882 scan · p. 76Line 3 · Nine, undivided
The third line, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
1882 scan · p. 77Line 4 · Six, divided
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
1882 scan · p. 77Line 5 · Nine, undivided
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbours (in the same cause with himself).
1882 scan · p. 77Line 6 · Nine, undivided
The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed;—(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil.
1882 scan · p. 77James 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 ↗