Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 64 未濟 Wèi Jì, Not Yet Across
  3. Line 3
64 未濟, line 3

Line 3 六三 yin, divided, of hexagram 64 未濟 Wèi Jì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

未濟,征凶,利涉大川。

wèi jì, zhēng xiōng, lì shè dà chuān.

The third line, divided, shows its subject, with (the state of things) not yet remedied, advancing on; which will lead to evil. But there will be advantage in (trying to) cross the great stream. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

未濟征凶,位不當也。

wèi jì zhēng xiōng, wèi bù dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647450); 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.