Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 61 中孚 Zhōng Fú, Inner Sincerity
  3. Line 3
61 中孚, line 3

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。

dé dí, huò gǔ huò bà, huò qì huò gē.

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。

kě gǔ huò bà, wèi bù dāng yě.

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.