Hexagram 9 Line 3: 九三
Xiao Chu —小畜 —Small Accumulating
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)九三 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
九三 輿說輻。夫妻反目。
輿yúthe carriage
說shuōthrows off
輻fúits wheel's spokes
夫fūhusband
妻qīand wife
反fǎnare wild-
目mùeyed
Line Commentary
The wheel comes off the wagon. Husband and wife glare at each other. When the small thing restraining you breaks, the underlying tension between opposites surfaces. Conflict at home.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 9 Xiao Chu (Small Accumulating) transforms into Hexagram 61 Zhong Fu (Inner Truth).
Parent Hexagram
Small Accumulating
Xiao Chu小畜 (9)
Wind (巽) over Heaven (乾)
Upper Trigram: ☴ Wind | Lower Trigram: ☰ Heaven