Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 56 旅 Lǚ, The Traveller
  3. Line 3
56 旅, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 56 旅 Lǚ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

旅焚其次，喪其僮僕，貞厲。

lǚ fén qí cì, sàng qí tóng pú, zhēn lì.

The third line, undivided, shows the stranger, burning his lodging-house, and having lost his servants. However firm and correct he (try to) be, he will be in peril. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義喪也。

lǚ fén qí cì, yì yǐ shāng yǐ. yǐ lǚ yǔ xià, qí yì sàng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647234); 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.