Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 37 家人 Jiā Rén, The Household
  3. Line 5
37 家人, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 37 家人 Jiā Rén

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

王假有家,勿恤。吉。

wáng gé yǒu jiā, wù xù. jí.

The fifth line, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

王假有家,交相愛也。

wáng gé yǒu jiā, jiāo xiāng ài yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405005); 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.