Hexagram 1 乾, Line 3
乾
Hexagram 1 · third line, undivided (nine)
君子終日乾乾，夕惕若；厲，无咎。
In the third line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the superior man active and vigilant all the day, and in the evening still careful and apprehensive. (The position is) dangerous, but there will be no mistake.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
終日乾乾，反復道也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 1 becomes hexagram 10.
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Character glossary
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 乾gānarid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; h
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
- 惕tìcautious, careful, alert
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.