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  3. Line 3
49 革, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 49 革 Gé

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

征凶，貞厲，革言三就，有孚。

zhēng xiōng, zhēn lì, gé yán sān jiù, yǒu fú.

The third line, undivided, shows that action taken by its subject will be evil. Though he be firm and correct, his position is perilous. If the change (he contemplates) have been three times fully discussed, he will be believed in. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

革言三就，又何之矣。

gé yán sān jiù, yòu hé zhī yǐ.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643173); 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.