Hexagram 3 屯, Line 3
屯
Hexagram 3 · third line, divided (six)
即鹿无虞，惟入于林中，君子幾不如舍，往吝。
The third line, divided, shows one following the deer without (the guidance of) the forester, and only finding himself in the midst of the forest. The superior man, acquainted with the secret risks, thinks it better to give up the chase. If he went forward, he would regret it.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
即鹿无虞，以從禽也。君子舍之，往吝窮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 3 becomes hexagram 63.
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Character glossary
- 即jípromptly, quickly, immediately
- 鹿lùdeer; surname
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 虞yúanxious, concerned, worried
- 惟wéibut, however, nevertheless; only
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 林línforest, grove; surname
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 幾jǐsmall table; how many; a few, some
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 舍shěhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 禽qínbirds, fowl; to capture; surname
- 也yěalso, too
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
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.