Hexagram 55 豐, Line 3
豐
Hexagram 55 · third line, undivided (nine)
豐其沛，日中見沬，折其右肱，无咎。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject with an (additional) screen of a large and thick banner, through which at midday he can see (the small) Mei star. (In the darkness) he breaks his right arm; but there will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
豐其沛，不可大事也。折其右肱，終不可用也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 55 becomes hexagram 51.
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Character glossary
- 豐fēngabundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 沛pèiabundant, copious, full
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 沬mèidusk; Mei river; Zhou dynasty place-name
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to
- 右yòuright; right-wing
- 肱gōngforearm
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 也yěalso, too
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
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.