Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 52 艮 Gèn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
艮其限,裂其夤,厲閽心。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
艮其限,危薰心也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647135); 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.