Hexagram 29 坎, Line 6
坎
Hexagram 29 · sixth line, divided (six)
係用徽纆，寘于叢棘，三歲不得，凶。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject bound with cords of three strands or two strands, and placed in the thicket of thorns. But in three years he does not learn the course for him to pursue. There will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
上六失道，凶三歲也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 29 becomes hexagram 59.
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Character glossary
- 係xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 徽huībadge, crest, logo, insignia
- 纆mòcord
- 寘zhìput aside, put down; discard
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 叢cóngbush, shrub; thicket; collection
- 棘jíjujube tree; thorns, brambles
- 三sānthree
- 歲suìyear; years old, age; harvest
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 六liùsix
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 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.