Hexagram 30 離, Line 3
離
Hexagram 30 · third line, undivided (nine)
日昃之離，不鼓缶而歌，則大耋之差，凶。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject in a position like that of the declining sun. Instead of playing on his instrument of earthenware, and singing to it, he utters the groans of an old man of eighty. There will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
日昃之離，何可久也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 30 becomes hexagram 21.
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Character glossary
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 昃zèafternoon; in decline
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 離lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 缶fǒuearthen crock or jar; pottery
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 歌gēsong, lyrics; to sing, to chant
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 耋diéaged; in one's eighties
- 差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in erro
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 久jiǔlong ago; a long time
- 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.