Hexagram 57 巽, Line 3
巽
Hexagram 57 · third line, undivided (nine)
頻巽，吝。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject penetrating (only) by violent and repeated efforts. There will be occasion for regret.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
頻巽之吝，志窮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 57 becomes hexagram 59.
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Character glossary
- 頻pínfrequency; repeatedly, again and again
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 吝lìnstingy, miserly; parsimonious
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 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.