Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 26 大畜 Dà Chù, Great Restraint
  3. Line 3
26 大畜, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 26 大畜 Dà Chù

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

良馬逐,利艱貞,吉。日閑輿衛,利有攸往。

liáng mǎ zhú, lì jiān zhēn, jí. rì xián yú wèi, lì yǒu yōu wǎng.

The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

利有攸往,上合志也。

lì yǒu yōu wǎng, shàng hé zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646304); 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.