Hexagram 17 隨, Line 3
隨
Hexagram 17 · third line, divided (six)
係丈夫，失小子。隨，有求得利，居貞。
The third line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the man of age and experience, and lets go the little boy. Such following will get what it seeks; but it will be advantageous to adhere to what is firm and correct.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
系丈夫，志舍下也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 17 becomes hexagram 49.
← Hexagram 17 隨: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 係xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 丈zhànggentleman, man, husband; unit of length
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 隨suíto follow, to listen to, to submit to
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to besee
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 系xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 舍shěhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 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.