Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 30 離 Lí, Radiance
  3. Line 5
30 離, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 30 離 Lí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

出涕沱若,戚嗟若,吉。

chū tì tuó ruò, qī jiē ruò, jí.

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject as one with tears flowing in torrents, and groaning in sorrow. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六五之吉,離王公也。

liù wǔ zhī jí, lí wáng gōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646424); 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.