Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 55 豐 Fēng, Abundance
  3. Line 5
55 豐, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 55 豐 Fēng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

來章,有慶譽,吉。

lái zhāng, yǒu qìng yù, jí.

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject bringing around him the men of brilliant ability. There will be occasion for congratulation and praise. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

六五之吉,有慶也。

liù wǔ zhī jí, yǒu qìng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645290); 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.