Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 4 蒙 Méng, Unknowing
  3. Line 5
4 蒙, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 4 蒙 Méng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

童蒙,吉。

tóng méng, jí.

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject as a simple lad without experience. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

童蒙之吉,順以巽也。

tóng méng zhī jí, shùn yǐ xùn yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645379); 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.