Hexagram 52 艮, Line 3
艮
Hexagram 52 · third line, undivided (nine)
艮其限，裂其夤，厲閽心。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
艮其限，危薰心也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 52 becomes hexagram 23.
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Character glossary
- 艮gěnblunt; tough, chewy
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 限xiànboundary, limit, line
- 裂lièto split, to rend; crevice, crack
- 夤yínlate at night; distant, remote; deep
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 閽hūngatekeeper; gate, door
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 薰xūna medicinal herb; to cauterize
- 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.