Hexagram 8 比, Line 3
比
Hexagram 8 · third line, divided (six)
比之匪人。
In the third line, divided, we see its subject seeking for union with such as ought not to be associated with.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
比之匪人，不亦傷乎！
If only this line changes, hexagram 8 becomes hexagram 39.
← Hexagram 8 比: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 比bǐto compare, liken; comparison; than
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 人rénman, person; people
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 傷shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fa
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final parti
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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