Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi, The Marrying Sister
  3. Line 3
54 歸妹, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

歸妹以須，反歸以娣。

guī mèi yǐ xū, fǎn guī yǐ dì.

The third line, divided, shows the younger sister who was to be married off in a mean position. She returns and accepts an ancillary position. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

歸妹以須，未當也。

guī mèi yǐ xū, wèi dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647182); 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.