Hexagram 30 離, Line 2
離
Hexagram 30 · second line, divided (six)
黃離,元吉。
The second line, divided, shows its subject in his place in yellow. There will be great good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
黃離元吉,得中道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 30 becomes hexagram 14.
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Character glossary
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 離lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 元yuánfirst; dollar; origin; head
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 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.