Hexagram 25 无妄, Line 3
无妄
Hexagram 25 · third line, divided (six)
无妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
The third line, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity;—as in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it (and carries it off), while the people in the neighbourhood have the calamity (of being accused and apprehended).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
行人得牛，邑人災也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 25 becomes hexagram 13.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckles
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 災zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 繫xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 人rénman, person; people
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 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.