Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 2 坤 Kūn, Earth
  3. Line 3
2 坤, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 2 坤 Kūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

含章，可貞。或從王事，无成有終。

hán zhāng, kě zhēn. huò cóng wáng shì, wú chéng yǒu zhōng.

The third line, divided, (shows its subject) keeping his excellence under restraint, but firmly maintaining it. If he should have occasion to engage in the king’s service, though he will not claim the success (for himself), he will bring affairs to a good issue. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

含章可貞，以時發也。或從王事，知光大也。

hán zhāng kě zhēn, yǐ shí fā yě. huò cóng wáng shì, zhī guāng dà yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404999); 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.