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  2. 13 同人 Tóng Rén, Fellowship
  3. Line 3
13 同人, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 13 同人 Tóng Rén

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。

fú róng yú mǎng, shēng qí gāo líng, sān suì bù xìng.

The third line, undivided, (shows its subject) with his arms hidden in the thick grass, and at the top of a high mound. (But) for three years he makes no demonstration. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

伏戎于莽，敵剛也。三歲不興，安行也。

fú róng yú mǎng, dí gāng yě. sān suì bù xìng, ān xíng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645635); 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.