Hexagram 60 Line 3: 六三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六三 不節若。則嗟若。无咎。
不bùno
節jiéboundary
若ruòsuch
則zéand consequently
嗟jiēlament
若ruòsuch
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament. No blame. If bent only on pleasures and enjoyment, it is easy to lose your sense of necessary limits. If you give yourself over to extravagance, you will suffer the consequences with accompanying regret. Do not seek to lay the blame on others. Only when you realize that mistakes are of your own making will disagreeable experiences free you of errors.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 60 Jie (Limitation) transforms into Hexagram 5 Xu (Waiting).
Parent Hexagram
Limitation
Jie節 (60)
Water (坎) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake