Hexagram 38 睽, Line 3
睽
Hexagram 38 · third line, divided (six)
見輿曳，其牛𧤊，其人天且劓，无初有終。
In the third line, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
見輿曳，位不當也。无初有終，遇剛也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 38 becomes hexagram 14.
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Character glossary
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 輿yúcart, palanquin, sedan chair
- 曳yèto tow, to pull, to drag
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 𧤊
- 人rénman, person; people
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 且qiěmoreover, also (post-subject); about to,
- 劓yìto cut off the nose
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 也yěalso, too
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
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.