Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 47 困 Kùn, Hemmed In
  3. Line 3
47 困, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 47 困 Kùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

困于石，據于蒺蔾，入于其宮，不見其妻，凶。

kùn yú shí, jù yú jí lí, rù yú qí gōng, bù jiàn qí qī, xiōng.

The third line, divided, shows its subject straitened before a (frowning) rock. He lays hold of thorns. He enters his palace, and does not see his wife. There will be evil. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

據于蒺藜，乘剛也。入于其宮，不見其妻，不祥也。

jù yú jí lí, chéng gāng yě. rù yú qí gōng, bù jiàn qí qī, bù xiáng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647032); 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.