Hexagram 19 臨, Line 3
臨
Hexagram 19 · third line, divided (six)
甘臨，无攸利。既憂之，无咎。
The third line, divided, shows one well pleased (indeed) to advance, (but whose action) will be in no way advantageous. If he become anxious about it (however), there will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
甘臨，位不當也。既憂之，咎不長也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 19 becomes hexagram 11.
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Character glossary
- 甘gānsweet, tasty; willing
- 臨línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 既jìalready, since, then; both; de facto
- 憂yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 也yěalso, too
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
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.