Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 40 解 Xiè, Release
  3. Line 5
40 解, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 40 解 Xiè

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

君子惟有解，吉；有孚于小人。

jūn zǐ wéi yǒu xiè, jí; yǒu fú yú xiǎo rén.

The fifth line, divided, shows (its subject), the superior man (=the ruler), executing his function of removing (whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram), in which case there will be good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

君子有解，小人退也。

jūn zǐ yǒu xiè, xiǎo rén tuì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646666); 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.