Hexagram 10 履, Line 3
履
Hexagram 10 · third line, divided (six)
眇能視，跛能履，履虎尾，咥人，凶。武人為于大君。
The third line, divided, shows a one-eyed man (who thinks he) can see; a lame man (who thinks he) can walk well; one who treads on the tail of a tiger and is bitten. (All this indicates) ill fortune. We have a (mere) bravo acting the part of a great ruler.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
眇能視，不足以有明也。跛能履，不足以與行也。咥人之凶，位不當也。武人為于大君，志剛也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 10 becomes hexagram 1.
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Character glossary
- 眇miǎoblind in one eye; subtle, minute, minusc
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 跛bǒlame
- 履lǚshoes; to walk, to tread
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear
- 咥xìthe sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite
- 人rénman, person; people
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 武wǔmilitary; martial, warlike
- 為wèito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
- 也yěalso, too
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
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.