Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 48 井 Jǐng, The Well
  3. Line 3
48 井, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 48 井 Jǐng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

井渫不食，為我心惻，可用汲，王明，並受其福。

jǐng xiè bù shí, wèi wǒ xīn cè, kě yòng jí, wáng míng, bìng shòu qí fú.

The third line, undivided, shows a well, which has been cleared out, but is not used. Our hearts are sorry for this, for the water might be drawn out and used. If the king were (only) intelligent, both he and we might receive the benefit of it. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

井渫不食，行惻也。求王明，受福也。

jǐng xiè bù shí, xíng cè yě. qiú wáng míng, shòu fú yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645240); 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.