Hexagram 60 節, Line 3
節
Hexagram 60 · third line, divided (six)
不節若，則嗟若，无咎。
The third line, divided, shows its subject with no appearance of observing the (proper) regulations, in which case we shall see him lamenting. But there will be no one to blame (but himself).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
不節之嗟，又誰咎也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 60 becomes hexagram 5.
← Hexagram 60 節: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 嗟jiēsigh, alas
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 又yòuand, also, again, in addition
- 誰shuíwho? whom? whose? anyone?
- 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.
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