Hexagram 22 賁, Line 3
賁
Hexagram 22 · third line, undivided (nine)
賁如濡如，永貞吉。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of being adorned and bedewed (with rich favours). But let him ever maintain his firm correctness, and there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
永貞之吉，終莫之陵也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 22 becomes hexagram 27.
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Character glossary
- 賁bìto forge ahead; energetic; surname
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 濡rúto moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
- 永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 陵línghill, mound; mausoleum
- 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.