Hexagram 46 升, Line 3
升
Hexagram 46 · third line, undivided (nine)
升虛邑。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject ascending upwards (as into) an empty city.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
升虛邑，无所疑也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 46 becomes hexagram 7.
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Character glossary
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 虛xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 邑yìarea, district, city, state
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
- 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.