Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 39 蹇 Jiǎn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
往蹇來反。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject advancing, (but only) to (greater) difficulties. He remains stationary, and returns (to his former associates). (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
往蹇來反，內喜之也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405036); 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.