Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 36 明夷 Míng Yí
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
箕子之明夷，利貞。
The fifth line, divided, shows how the count of Kî fulfilled the condition indicated by Ming Î. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
箕子之貞，明不可息也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644507); 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.