Hexagram 41 · 損 sǔn

Reduction · line 3

六三:三人行則損一人,一人行則得其友。

The third line, divided, shows how of three men walking together, the number is diminished by one; and how one, walking, finds his friend.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 41 Reduction · Judgement

損:有孚,元吉,无咎,可貞,利有攸往。曷之用?二簋可用享。

In (what is denoted by) Sun, if there be sincerity (in him who employs it), there will be great good fortune:—freedom from error; firmness and correctness that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed? (Even) in sacrifice two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented.

James Legge, 1882