Hexagram 43 夬, Line 3
夬
Hexagram 43 · third line, undivided (nine)
壯于頄，有凶。君子夬夬，獨行遇雨，若濡有慍，无咎。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject (about to advance) with strong (and determined) looks. There will be evil. (But) the superior man, bent on cutting off (the criminal), will walk alone and encounter the rain, (till he be hated by his proper associates) as if he were contaminated (by the others). (In the end) there will be no blame against him.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
君子夬夬，終无咎也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 43 becomes hexagram 58.
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Character glossary
- 壯zhuàngbig, large; robust, strong; the name of
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 頄kuícheekbone
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 夬guàidecisive, certain; parted; fork
- 獨dúalone, independent, only, single, solita
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 雨yǔrain
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 濡rúto moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
- 慍yùnangry, indignant; resentful, sulking
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 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.