Hexagram 58 Line 3: 六三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: inauspiciousFamous Line
Classical Chinese Text
六三 來兌凶。
來兌凶
Wilhelm Translation
Coming joyousness. Misfortune.
Commentary
Coming joyousness. Misfortune. True joy must spring from within. But if you are empty within and wholly given over to the world, idle pleasures come streaming in from without. Those who lack inner stability and therefore need amusement will always find opportunity for indulgence. They attract external pleasures by the emptiness of their natures, and thus lose themselves more and more.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 58 Dui (The Joyous) transforms into Hexagram 43 Guai (Breakthrough).
Parent Hexagram
The Joyous
Dui兌 (58)
Lake (兌) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake