Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 44 姤 Gòu, Encounter
  3. Line 3
44 姤, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 44 姤 Gòu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

臀无膚,其行次且,厲,无大咎。

tún wú fū, qí xíng zī jū, lì, wú dà jiù.

The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

其行次且,行未牽也。

qí xíng zī jū, xíng wèi qiān yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646826); 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.