Hexagram 11 泰, Line 3
泰
Hexagram 11 · third line, undivided (nine)
无平不陂，无往不復，艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。
The third line, undivided, shows that, while there is no state of peace that is not liable to be disturbed, and no departure (of evil men) so that they shall not return, yet when one is firm and correct, as he realises the distresses that may arise, he will commit no error. There is no occasion for sadness at the certainty (of such recurring changes); and in this mood the happiness (of the present) may be (long) enjoyed.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
无往不復，天地際也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 11 becomes hexagram 19.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 平píngflat, level, even; peaceful
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 陂bēidam, embankment; reservoir
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 艱jiāndifficult, hard; hardship
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 恤xùto help, to relieve, to take pity on
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 食shífood; to eat
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 地deearth, ground, soil; land, region; struc
- 際jìborder, boundary, juncture
- 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.