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  2. 44 姤 Gòu, Encounter
  3. Line 5
44 姤, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 44 姤 Gòu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

以杞包瓜，含章，有隕自天。

yǐ qǐ bāo guā, hán zhāng, yǒu yǔn zì tiān.

The fifth line, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

九五含章，中正也。有隕自天，志不舍命也。

jiǔ wǔ hán zhāng, zhōng zhèng yě. yǒu yǔn zì tiān, zhì bù shě mìng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646826); 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.