Hexagram 54 Line 3: 六三
Gui Mei —歸妹 —The Marrying Maiden
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六三 歸妹以須。反歸以娣。
歸guīmarries
妹mèithe maiden
以yǐas
須xūa bondmaid
反fǎnthen turns around
歸guīto marry
以yǐas
娣dìsecond
Line Commentary
The marrying maiden as a slave. She marries as a concubine. A girl in a lowly position who finds no husband may still win shelter as a concubine. This pictures a person who longs too much for joys that cannot be obtained in the usual way. They enter a situation not altogether compatible with self-esteem. Neither judgment nor warning—merely laying bare the actual situation for everyone to draw a lesson.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 54 Gui Mei (The Marrying Maiden) transforms into Hexagram 34 Da Zhuang (The Power of the Great).
Parent Hexagram
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei歸妹 (54)
Thunder (震) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake