Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 14 大有 Dà Yǒu, Great Holdings
  3. Line 3
14 大有, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 14 大有 Dà Yǒu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

公用亨于天子,小人弗克。

gōng yòng xiǎng yú tiān zǐ, xiǎo rén fú kè.

The third line, undivided, shows us a feudal prince presenting his offerings to the Son of Heaven. A small man would be unequal (to such a duty). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

公用亨于天子,小人害也。

gōng yòng xiǎng yú tiān zǐ, xiǎo rén hài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645712); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.