Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 45 萃 Cuì, Gathering
  3. Line 3
45 萃, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 45 萃 Cuì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

萃如,嗟如,无攸利,往无咎,小吝。

cuì rú, jiē rú, wú yōu lì, wǎng wú jiù, xiǎo lìn.

The third line, divided, shows its subject striving after union and seeming to sigh, yet nowhere finding any advantage. If he go forward, he will not err, though there may be some small cause for regret. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

往无咎,上巽也。

wǎng wú jiù, shàng xùn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647546); 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.