Hexagram 9 小畜, Line 3
小畜
Hexagram 9 · third line, undivided (nine)
車說輹，夫妻反目。
The third line, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
夫妻反目，不能正室也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 9 becomes hexagram 61.
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Character glossary
- 車chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
- 說shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 輹fùtwo pieces of wood underneath a cart
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 妻qīwife
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
- 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.