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43 夬, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 43 夬 Guài

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

壯于頄，有凶。君子夬夬，獨行遇雨，若濡有慍，无咎。

zhuàng yú kuí, yǒu xiōng. jūn zǐ guài guài, dú xíng yù yǔ, ruò rú yǒu yùn, wú jiù.

The third line, undivided, shows its subject (about to advance) with strong (and determined) looks. There will be evil. (But) the superior man, bent on cutting off (the criminal), will walk alone and encounter the rain, (till he be hated by his proper associates) as if he were contaminated (by the others). (In the end) there will be no blame against him. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

君子夬夬，終无咎也。

jūn zǐ guài guài, zhōng wú jiù yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405003); 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.