Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 63 既濟 Jì Jì
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。
The third line, undivided, (suggests the case of) Kâo Ȝung who attacked the Demon region, but was three years in subduing it. Small men should not be employed (in such enterprises). (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
三年克之，憊也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2572417); 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.