Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 19 臨 Lín, Approach
  3. Line 3
19 臨, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 19 臨 Lín

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

甘臨，无攸利。既憂之，无咎。

gān lín, wú yōu lì. jì yōu zhī, wú jiù.

The third line, divided, shows one well pleased (indeed) to advance, (but whose action) will be in no way advantageous. If he become anxious about it (however), there will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

甘臨，位不當也。既憂之，咎不長也。

gān lín, wèi bù dāng yě. jì yōu zhī, jiù bù zhǎng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106146); 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.