Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 36 明夷 Míng Yí, Light Wounded
  3. Line 3
36 明夷, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 36 明夷 Míng Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。

míng yí yú nán shòu, dé qí dà shǒu, bù kě jí zhēn.

The third line, undivided, shows its subject, (in the condition indicated by) Ming Î, hunting in the south, and taking the great chief (of the darkness). He should not be eager to make (all) correct (at once). (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

南狩之志，乃大得也。

nán shòu zhī zhì, nǎi dà dé yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644507); 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.