Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 41 損 Sǔn, Decrease
  3. Line 3
41 損, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 41 損 Sǔn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

三人行，則損一人；一人行，則得其友。

sān rén xíng, zé sǔn yī rén; yī rén xíng, zé dé qí yǒu.

The third line, divided, shows how of three men walking together, the number is diminished by one; and how one, walking, finds his friend. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

一人行，三則疑也。

yī rén xíng, sān zé yí yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646704); 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.