Hexagram 44 姤, Line 3
姤
Hexagram 44 · third line, undivided (nine)
臀无膚，其行次且，厲，无大咎。
The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
其行次且，行未牽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 44 becomes hexagram 6.
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Character glossary
- 臀túnbuttocks
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 膚fūskin; shallow, superficial
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 次cìorder, sequence; second, next; one after
- 且qiěmoreover, also (post-subject); about to,
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 牽qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 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.