Hexagram 2 坤, Use of sixes
坤
Hexagram 2 · all lines
利永貞。
(The lines of this hexagram are all weak and divided, as appears from) the use of the number six. If those (who are thus represented) be perpetually correct and firm, advantage will arise.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
用六永貞，以大終也。
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Character glossary
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 六liùsix
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 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.