Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 53 漸 Jiàn, Gradual Advance
  3. Line 3
53 漸, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鴻漸于陸，夫征不復，婦孕不育，凶；利禦寇。

hóng jiàn yú lù, fū zhēng bù fù, fù yùn bù yù, xiōng; lì yù kòu.

The third line, undivided, shows them gradually advanced to the dry plains. (It suggests also the idea of) a husband who goes on an expedition from which he does not return, and of a wife who is pregnant, but will not nourish her child. There will be evil. (The case symbolised) might be advantageous in resisting plunderers. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

夫征不復，離群丑也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用禦寇，順相保也。

fū zhēng bù fù, lí qún chǒu yě. fù yùn bù yù, shī qí dào yě. lì yòng yù kòu, shùn xiāng bǎo yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2560535); 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.