Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng, Great Strength
  3. Line 5
34 大壯, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 34 大壯 Dà Zhuàng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

喪羊于易,无悔。

sàng yáng yú yì, wú huǐ.

The fifth line, divided, shows one who loses his ram(-like strength) in the ease of his position. (But) there will be no occasion for repentance. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

喪羊于易,位不當也。

sàng yáng yú yì, wèi bù dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646529); 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.