Hexagram 45 萃, Line 3
萃
Hexagram 45 · third line, divided (six)
萃如，嗟如，无攸利，往无咎，小吝。
The third line, divided, shows its subject striving after union and seeming to sigh, yet nowhere finding any advantage. If he go forward, he will not err, though there may be some small cause for regret.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
往无咎，上巽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 45 becomes hexagram 31.
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Character glossary
- 萃cuìgrassy; thick, dense, close; to gather,
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 嗟jiēsigh, alas
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 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.