Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 59 渙 Huàn, Dispersal
  3. Line 5
59 渙, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 59 渙 Huàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

渙汗其大號,渙王居,无咎。

huàn hàn qí dà hào, huàn wáng jū, wú jiù.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

王居无咎,正位也。

wáng jū wú jiù, zhèng wèi yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647580); 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.