Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 1 乾 Qián, Heaven
  3. Line 3
1 乾, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

君子終日乾乾，夕惕若；厲，无咎。

jūn zǐ zhōng rì qián qián, xī tì ruò; lì, wú jiù.

In the third line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the superior man active and vigilant all the day, and in the evening still careful and apprehensive. (The position is) dangerous, but there will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

終日乾乾，反復道也。

zhōng rì qián qián, fǎn fù dào yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404991); 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.