Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
得敵,或鼓或罷,或泣或歌。
The third line, divided, shows its subject having met with his mate. Now he beats his drum, and now he leaves off. Now he weeps, and now he sings. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
可鼓或罷,位不當也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647425); 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.