Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 31 咸 Xián, Mutual Feeling
  3. Line 3
31 咸, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 31 咸 Xián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

咸其股，執其隨，往吝。

xián qí gǔ, zhí qí suí, wǎng lìn.

The third line, undivided, shows one moving his thighs, and keeping close hold of those whom he follows. Going forward (in this way) will cause regret. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

咸其股，亦不處也。志在隨人，所執下也。

xián qí gǔ, yì bù chù yě. zhì zài suí rén, suǒ zhí xià yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646450); 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.