Hexagram 2 坤, Line 2
坤
Hexagram 2 · second line, divided (six)
直方大，不習无不利。
The second line, divided, (shows the attribute of) being straight, square, and great. (Its operation), without repeated efforts, will be in every respect advantageous.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
六二之動，直以方也。不習无不利，地道光也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 2 becomes hexagram 7.
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Character glossary
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, fran
- 方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 習xíto study, to practice; habit
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 六liùsix
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 動dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 也yěalso, too
- 地deearth, ground, soil; land, region; struc
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.