Hexagram 61 Line 3: 六三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六三 得敵。或鼓或罷。或泣或歌。
得définding
敵dícounterpart
或huòmaybe
鼓gǔto beat
或huòor maybe
罷bàto quit
或huòmaybe
泣qìto weep
或huòor maybe
歌gēto sing
Line Commentary
He finds a comrade. Now he beats the drum, now he stops. Now he sobs, now he sings. Here the source of strength lies not in yourself but in your relation to other people. No matter how close to them you may be, if your center of gravity depends on them, you are inevitably tossed to and fro between joy and sorrow. Rejoicing to high heaven, then sad unto death—this is the fate of those who depend upon an inner accord with other persons whom they love.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 61 Zhong Fu (Inner Truth) transforms into Hexagram 9 Xiao Chu (Small Accumulating).
Parent Hexagram
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu中孚 (61)
Wind (巽) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☴ Wind | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake