Hexagram 17 Line 2: 六二
Position: Line 2 (Lower Trigram)六二 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六二 係小子。失丈夫。
係xìattached
小xiǎoa little
子zǐchild
失shīlosing
丈zhàngthe senior
夫fūgentleman
Line Commentary
If you cling to the small child, you lose the strong man. Attachment to the lesser means forfeiting the greater. Choose carefully what you follow.
When This Line Changes
If Line 2 changes, Hexagram 17 Sui (Following) transforms into Hexagram 58 Dui (The Joyous).
Parent Hexagram
Following
Sui隨 (17)
Lake (兌) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder