Hexagram 24 Line 3: 六三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: danger
Classical Chinese Text
六三 頻復。厲。无咎。
頻pínrepeated
復fùreturn(s
厲lìdifficult(y)
無wú(but) no
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
Repeated return. Danger, but no blame. Returning again and again—you keep straying and correcting. The pattern is unstable, but the effort itself is not blameworthy.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 24 Fu (Return) transforms into Hexagram 36 Ming Yi (Darkening of the Light).
Parent Hexagram
Return
Fu復 (24)
Earth (坤) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☷ Earth | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder