- The 64
- 57 巽 Xùn, Wind
- Line 5
Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 57 巽 Xùn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
貞吉悔亡,无不利。无初有終,先庚三日,後庚三日,吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows that with firm correctness there will be good fortune (to its subject). All occasion for repentance will disappear, and all his movements will be advantageous. There may have been no (good) beginning, but there will be a (good) end. Three days before making any changes, (let him give notice of them); and three days after, (let him reconsider them). There will (thus) be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
九五之吉,位正中也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644966); 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.