Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 57 巽 Xùn, Wind
  3. Line 3
57 巽, line 3

Line 3 九三 yang, undivided, of hexagram 57 巽 Xùn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

頻巽，吝。

pín xùn, lìn.

The third line, undivided, shows its subject penetrating (only) by violent and repeated efforts. There will be occasion for regret. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

頻巽之吝，志窮也。

pín xùn zhī lìn, zhì qióng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644966); 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.