Hexagram 26 大畜, Line 3
大畜
Hexagram 26 · third line, undivided (nine)
良馬逐，利艱貞，吉。日閑輿衛，利有攸往。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
利有攸往，上合志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 26 becomes hexagram 41.
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Character glossary
- 良liánggood, virtuous, respectable
- 馬mǎhorse; surname
- 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 艱jiāndifficult, hard; hardship
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 閑xiánfence, guard; to defend; idle time
- 輿yúcart, palanquin, sedan chair
- 衛wèito guard, to protect, to defend
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 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.