Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 28 大過 Dà Guò, Great Excess
  3. Line 5
28 大過, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 28 大過 Dà Guò

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

枯楊生華，老婦得其士夫，无咎无譽。

kū yáng shēng huā, lǎo fù dé qí shì fū, wú jiù wú yù.

The fifth line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

枯楊生華，何可久也。老婦士夫，亦可醜也。

kū yáng shēng huā, hé kě jiǔ yě. lǎo fù shì fū, yì kě chǒu yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645184); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.