Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 51 震 Zhèn, Thunder
  3. Line 3
51 震, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 51 震 Zhèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

震蘇蘇,震行无眚。

zhèn sū sū, zhèn xíng wú shěng.

The third line, divided, shows its subject distraught amid the startling movements going on. If those movements excite him to (right) action, there will be no mistake. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

震蘇蘇,位不當也。

zhèn sū sū, wèi bù dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644930); 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.