Hexagram 2 坤, Line 6
坤
Hexagram 2 · sixth line, divided (six)
龍戰于野，其血玄黃。
The sixth line, divided, (shows) dragons fighting in the wild. Their blood is purple and yellow.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
龍戰于野，其道窮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 2 becomes hexagram 23.
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Character glossary
- 龍lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 戰zhànwar, fighting, battle
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 野yěfield, open country; wilderness
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 血xuèblood
- 玄xuándeep, profound, abstruse
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 也yěalso, too
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.