Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 33 遯 Dùn, Withdrawal
  3. Line 3
33 遯, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 33 遯 Dùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

係遯，有疾厲，畜臣妾吉。

xì dùn, yǒu jí lì, chù chén qiè jí.

The third line, undivided, shows one retiring but bound,—to his distress and peril. (If he were to deal with his binders as in) nourishing a servant or concubine, it would be fortunate for him. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

係遯之厲，有疾憊也。畜臣妾吉，不可大事也。

xì dùn zhī lì, yǒu jí bèi yě. chù chén qiè jí, bù kě dà shì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645108); 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.